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• Professional cyclist to join Ride Leicester Festival biking event to raise diabetes awareness

  Date: 7 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/professional-cyclist-to-join-ride-leicester-festival-biking-event-to-raise-diabetes-awareness

  A professional cyclist from an all-diabetes riding team is set to join Ride Leicester’s Castle Classic & Let’s Ride Leicester event.

• Leicester cardiology consultant awarded prestigious research professorship

  Date: 6 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/leicester-cardiology-consultant-awarded-prestigious-research-professorship

  A cardiology consultant from Leicester has been awarded a prestigious research professorship from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

• How hungry bacteria sense nutrients in their environment

  Date: 2 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/how-hungry-bacteria-sense-nutrients-in-their-environment

  Researchers have shed new light on how bacteria sense nutrients in their environment - which could provide important knowledge in the development...

• Routine screening of relatives of aortic disease patients could save lives

  Date: 2 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/routine-screening-of-relatives-of-aortic-disease-patients-could-save-lives

  Routine screening and genetic testing of the relatives of patients suffering from aortic diseases could save lives, new research has shown.

• Having larger muscles could compensate for poor muscle quality in Chronic Kidney Disease patients

  Date: 2 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/having-larger-muscles-could-compensate-for-poor-muscle-quality-in-chronic-kidney-disease-patients

  The size of muscles in patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) could be more important to maintaining good physical performance than...

• New resource to improve access to medical information

  Date: 31 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/new-resource-to-improve-access-to-medical-information

  A new Leicester initiative is providing access to reliable information in the field of cardiometabolic medicine.

• Richard III Geneticist leads DNA search to identify the man who shaped early America

  Date: 30 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/richard-iii-geneticist-leads-dna-search-to-identify-the-man-who-shaped-early-america

  The University of Leicester geneticist who led the DNA identification of the ‘The King under the car park’ –Richard III – has been called upon to...

• New research shows most women unlikely to benefit from national AAA screening

  Date: 27 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/new-research-shows-most-women-unlikely-to-benefit-from-national-aaa-screening

  New research involving our researchers published in The Lancet, which was funded and supported by the National Institute for Health Research...

• Fitness taster sessions delivered to Leicestershires Traveller Community

  Date: 18 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/fitness-taster-sessions-delivered-to-leicestershire2019s-traveller-community

  NIHR CLAHRC East Midlands, a regional health research organisation tasked with speeding up the adoption of science to the frontline of the NHS,...

• Botanic Garden family day is huge success

  Date: 18 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/botanic-garden-family-day-is-huge-success

  The University Botanic Garden annual Plant Sale and Family Day took place on Sunday 1st July and once again it was a great success, attracting...