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• Treatment which could prevent wound scarring to be presented

  Date: 16 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/treatment-which-could-prevent-wound-scarring-to-be-presented

  Research at our University has revealed a potential treatment to prevent wound scarring that will soon be entering clinical trials.

• Leicestershire and East Midlands mark sickle cell day

  Date: 16 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicestershire-and-east-midlands-mark-sickle-cell

  An awareness drive to educate people about the UK’s biggest genetic blood disorder has been launched in Leicestershire and the East Midlands to...

• Professor Natalie Armstrong appointed to UK National Screening Committee Adult Reference Group

  Date: 13 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/professor-natalie-armstrong-appointed-to-uk-national-screening-committee-adult-reference-group

  Professor Natalie Armstrong (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences and Social Science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement Research...

• BBCs Crimewatch Roadshow comes to Leicester

  Date: 12 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/bbcs-crimewatch-roadshow-comes-to-leicester

  The University will feature in an upcoming episode of BBC’s Crimewatch Roadshow, which is due to be aired on Friday 23 June 2017.

• Lecture to explore the emerging blood test helping to spot cancer earlier

  Date: 12 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/lecture-to-explore-the-emerging-blood-test-helping-to-spot-cancer-earlier

  Research into a blood test that may spot cancers sooner and allow more targeted treatment is to be presented by researcher at our University.

• Study uses bacteriophages to treat livestock as an alternative to antibiotics

  Date: 8 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/study-uses-bacteriophages-to-treat-livestock-as-an-alternative-to-antibiotics

  A new study has looked into using bacteriophages as an alternative to antibiotics to treat common infections in livestock.

• Expert opinions cover emergency planning and preventing extremism

  Date: 1 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/expert-opinions-cover-emergency-planning-and-preventing-extremism

  Lucy Easthope, an associate tutor in the Civil Safety and Security Unit within the School of Business, has written an article on the Manchester...

• Type 2 diabetes could overwhelm NHS unless changes are made Leicester experts warn

  Date: 1 Jun 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/type-2-diabetes-could-overwhelm-nhs-unless-changes-are-made-leicester-experts-warn

  Melanie Davies CBE (pictured), a Professor of Diabetes Medicine at our University and the Leicester Diabetes Centre, has commented on the rise in...

• How a technological revolution is helping us to understand the human Y chromosome

  Date: 31 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/how-a-technological-revolution-is-helping-us-to-understand-the-human-y-chromosome

  Professor Mark Jobling (pictured) from the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has published a new review in Nature Reviews Genetics with a...

• Leicester experts support Singapore in diabetes fight

  Date: 30 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-experts-support-singapore-in-diabetes-fight

  Expertise in preventing and treating Type 2 diabetes developed in Leicester will be used in Singapore’s 'war on diabetes'.