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• Research identifies new family of marine ‘megaphages’

  Date: 21 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/marine-megaphages

  Microbiologists have identified a new family of marine megaphages which could change understanding of Earth’s carbon and nitrogen cycles.

• New cell treatment could combat ageing

  Date: 13 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/senescent-cell-clearance

  An international team of researchers have identified a new method for clearing senescent cells, which could transform treatments for ageing and...

• Leicester researcher wins prize for COVID-19 research

  Date: 10 Sep 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/manish-pareek

  A researcher from Leicester has been awarded the Graham Bull Prize from the Royal College of Physicians, after he was amongst the first scientists...

• Wellcome boost for structural biologists

  Date: 23 Jun 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/wellcome-trust-awards

  Leicester researchers studying our molecular machinery have been awarded £3.89 million in research funding by the Wellcome Trust.

• Address misinformation and mistrust to help tackle COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in healthcare workers, study suggests

  Date: 28 Apr 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/uk-reach-vaccine-hesitancy

  Addressing misinformation and mistrust, inclusive communication, involving healthcare workers in the vaccine rollout, and promoting vaccination...

• ‘Urgent help’ is required to drive down COVID-19 death rates among ethnic minority communities

  Date: 16 Feb 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/covid-19-among-ethnic-minorities

  The disproportionate rates of COVID-19 related deaths among people from ethnic minorities is ‘alarming’ and requires ‘urgent attention’...

• Recruitment begins for ethnic minority healthcare staff COVID research study

  Date: 4 Dec 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/recruitment-begins-for-ethnic-minority-healthcare-staff

  A drive to encourage ethnic minority healthcare workers to participate in a Government-backed study investigating the risks of COVID-19 to their...

• COVID-19 up to twice as likely to infect people of Black and Asian ethnicity

  Date: 12 Nov 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/covid19-ethnicity

  According to researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham, COVID-19 up to twice as likely to infect people of Black and Asian ethnicity

• Moles hate eating sand, Leicester research reveals

  Date: 27 Aug 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/moles

  Anyone who has had their day at the beach ruined by the sound and sensation of biting into a sandy sandwich can look to the humble mole for ways...

• Signs of early heart failure revealed in patients with type 2 diabetes

  Date: 16 Jul 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/heart-failure-diabetes

  Adults with type 2 diabetes that have no history, signs or symptoms of heart problems have been shown to have severely limited exercise capacity.