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New treatment offers hope for patients with heart failure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/new-treatment-offers-hope-for-patients-with-heart-failure
Leicester’s first His bundle pacemaker, a pioneering new technique, has been implanted at Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester...
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Research suggests being overweight protects heart surgery patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/research-suggests-being-overweight-protects-heart-surgery-patients
Overweight and obese patients are less likely to die in hospital after a heart operation than patients who are a normal weight, according to a...
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University of Leicester’s herbarium collection joins project to unlock millions of biological records for climate research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/university-leicester-herbarium-collection-biological-records-climate-research
The University of Leicester has joined a major new partnership to digitise over 1.
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Link between inherited DNA sequences and heart disease identified
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/link-between-inherited-dna-sequences-and-heart-disease-identified
A study to examine recessively inherited genome-wide DNA sequences has for the first time discovered a potential link with Britain’s biggest...
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MRI research that gets to the heart of the matter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/26-mri-research-that-gets-to-the-heart-of-the-matter
Insight into heart disease to be presented at University of Leicester’s Frank May Prize Lecture 2018 on 29 October
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Adding genetic information to health checks improves identification of people at risk of heart attacks and strokes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/samani
University of Leicester researchers have discovered a better way of identifying those at high risk of potential heart attacks and strokes and...
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Leading University heart professor recognised as top global researcher
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leading-university-heart-professor-recognised-as-top-global-researcher
The “valuable and significant” work of a University heart professor has won him recognition as one of the world’s most influential scientists.
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Attenborough Arts Centre awarded £250,000 by Paul Hamlyn Foundation for flagship SENsory Atelier programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/sensory
The arts-based initiative has a proven transformational impact on SEN school pupils
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Black British history scholarship is established to honour historian and activist Len Garrison
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/black-british-history-scholarship-historian-activist-len-garrison
Three postgraduates will be able study Black British history with the University of Leicester free of charge, thanks to a scholarship set up to...
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University launches new centre for cardiovascular research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/leicester-cardiovascular-research-bhf
A new multi-million pound centre to turbocharge cardiovascular research has opened at the University of Leicester.