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• Genomic sequencing confirms breast cancer link between Leicester sisters

  Date: 26 Sep 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/27-sisters-genome

  Two Leicester sisters who had their entire genomes sequenced in the hope of finding answers to their family history of breast cancer have learnt...

• Hollywood actress addresses aortic dissection conference

  Date: 12 Sep 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/13-aortic-dissection

  On Thursday 19 September, the University of Leicester plays host to the fourth annual Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK, an invitation-only event...

• Leicester researchers develop novel heart pump to help people with heart failure

  Date: 9 Sep 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-novel-new-pump-to-help-people-with-heart-failure

  Dr David Adlam, Associate Professor and Interventional Cardiologist in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Piyal Samara-Ratna,...

• Electronic frailty index will identify older people at risk

  Date: 28 Aug 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/30-frailty-index

  A collaborative study involving Professor Simon Conroy from our Department of Health Sciences has been awarded £550,000 from the NIHR Health...

• New online tool to assess children’s cognitive and language development

  Date: 12 Aug 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/13-parca-r

  A paper published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health provides new standardised scores for the Parent Report of Children’s Abilities Revised...

• UK first for Leicester: ground-breaking software lets surgeon see real-time 3D map of heart

  Date: 11 Aug 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/12-cardiac-software

  Innovative software that allows a surgeon to view inside a patient’s heart in real time while applying treatment has been used for the first time...

• Calcium is key to age-related memory loss

  Date: 8 Aug 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/09-presynaptic-calcium

  Research in our Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour is offering new clues into how and why cognitive functions such as memory and...

• East Midlands gets £9 million health boost

  Date: 10 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/11-nihr-funding

  An organisation committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the East Midlands by speeding up the adoption of research and innovation into...

• New blood test for human TB may also identify people most at risk

  Date: 9 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/10-new-tuberculosis-blood-test-tb

  A new study conducted by researchers in Leicester and Nottingham has shown the potential for a new blood test to not only diagnose human...

• Air pollution speeds up ageing of the lungs and increases chronic lung disease risk

  Date: 8 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/09-air-pollution-lung-function-copd

  A study of more than 300,000 people has found that exposure to outdoor air pollution is linked to decreased lung function and an increased risk of...