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Life-changing results of world first blood cancer drug trial revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/life-changing-results-of-world-first-blood-cancer-drug-trial-revealed
Researchers from the University and Leicester’s Hospitals have announced a breakthrough advance in the results of the world-first clinical trial with actual patients of a new drug to treat particular blood cancers.
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WorkSmart, the future of working life at Leicester, launches next month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/worksmart
The University of Leicester will officially open the doors, on the 2 August, to a new work space for staff in its central Professional Services - a move that signals the start of a new way of working at Leicester.
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World Space Week at the National Space Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/20/world-space-week-at-the-national-space-centre/
To celebrate World Space Week the National Space Centre is hosting its first in-person Space Lates since January 2020, offering space fans the chance to explore the galleries after hours, hear from special guest speakers and take part in a wide range of space-themed...
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Botanic Garden Festival
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-festival
The Botanic Garden will be alive with music, workshops, talks, arts and crafts, children’s activities, entertainment, food stalls and more this August.
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Protection
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/protection
Current research The role of Ion Channels in Protection Cardiovascular Ion Channels and their role in Protection Our research involves a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of cardiovascular ion channels and their role in the physiological processes underlying protection.
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Potatoes and Peppa Pig: Young writers channel Leicester playwright
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/edna-welthorpe-winners
A spoof letter of complaint written by a London school pupil has won a competition inspired by Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton.
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Planning permission granted for Phase 1 of Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/31-space-park-planning-permission
AFbzZpN40rQ|A new purpose built Space Park in Leicester has just received planning permission approval for the first phase of construction. The £100 million Park will create a world leading hub for space and space-enabled industries to flourish.
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Ischaemic preconditioning and remote conditioning of cardiac muscle
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/intervention/ischaemic
Our laboratory is interested in ischaemia/reperfusion injury in the heart and how the cardioprotective technique of remote ischaemic conditioning works to both protect the heart against I/R injury but also prevent adverse remodelling of the myocardium following ischemic injury.
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Leicestershire and Rutland County Lunatic Asylum
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history/lunatic-asylum
What we have known since the 1960s as the Fielding Johnson Building was originally the Leicestershire County Lunatic Asylum: the first public provision of care for pauper ‘lunatics’ (an all-encompassing term used at the time for many mentally and physically debilitating...
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/179/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester