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Honour for Cancer Professor at Leicester and Leicesters Hospitals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/honour-for-cancer-professor-at-leicester-and-leicesters-hospitals
A Professor at our University and consultant at Leicester’s Hospitals has been honoured ‘for his lifelong work on earlier diagnosis and improved...
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Leicester academics among worlds most influential
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-academics-among-2018world2019s-most-influential2019
Two academics from our College of Life Sciences have been cited in a list of ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’.
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Leicester hosts unique eye imaging course
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-hosts-unique-eye-imaging-course
A landmark course providing specialist knowledge on child eye conditions has been held at our University, attracting delegates from around the world.
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Patients surprise diagnosis leads to clinical trial
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/patient2019s-surprise-diagnosis-leads-to-clinical-trial
“Without question, I would have done it all again” - that is the verdict of Alan Hutchinson when discussing his recent experience on a clinical trial.
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New report shows deaths during childbirth reduce by half
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/new-report-shows-deaths-during-childbirth-reduce-by-half
In their latest report, co-authored by a researcher from our Department of Health Sciences, a team of academics, clinicians and charity...
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Richard III exhibition to appear for first time in Ireland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/richard-iii-exhibition-to-appear-for-first-time-in-ireland
The ‘Richard III Discovered’ exhibition, led by Professor Turi King from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, is arriving next week for...
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2 million boost for Leicester scientists to tackle hardtotreat cancers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/ps2-million-boost-for-leicester-scientists-to-tackle-hard-to-treat-cancers
Scientists in Leicester are set to benefit from almost £2 million to look into new ways to treat lung cancer and pancreatic cancer, two types of...
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Radio Leicester and the University of Leicester 50 Years of Collaboration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/radio-leicester-and-the-university-of-leicester-2013-50-years-of-collaboration2019
The recent 50th anniversary of the start of the country’s first BBC local radio station, BBC Radio Leicester, which launched on 8 November 1967,...
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Leicester to become first UK city to join global initiative against urban diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-to-become-first-uk-city-to-join-global-initiative-against-urban-diabetes
Leicester will join the likes of Copenhagen, Mexico City, Rome and Shanghai in becoming part of the Cities Changing Diabetes programme to tackle...
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Animation raises awareness of emotional impact of type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/animation-raises-awareness-of-emotional-impact-of-type-2-diabetes
Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, a health researcher from the Leicester Diabetes Centre, has created a whiteboard animation for World Diabetes Day (14...