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• New heart attack genes discovered

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-heart-attack-genes-discovered

  Scientists have discovered two new genes which are associated with a person’s risk of coronary heart disease in an international collaboration involving BHF and NIHR-funded researchers. The findings could lead to new statin-like treatments to prevent heart attacks.

• University life in the 1920s revealed through historical interview

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/university-life-in-the-1920s-revealed-through-historical-interview

  A new project organised by our University is making a number of oral history interviews with people who lived during the 19th and 20th centuries available online.

• Leicester academics message to returning British astronaut Tim Peake

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-academics2019-message-to-returning-british-astronaut-tim-peake

  Space scientists from our University have praised the successful completion of British astronaut Tim Peake’s six month mission aboard the International Space Station.

• Current view on origins of Parkinsons disease challenged by new findings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/current-view-on-origins-of-parkinson2019s-disease-challenged-by-new-findings

  The neurodegeneration that occurs in Parkinson’s disease is a result of stress on the endoplasmic reticulum in the cell rather than failure of the mitochondria as previously thought, according to a study in fruit flies.

• Is there life on Mars?

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/15-is-there-life-on-mars

  BBC Life on Mars BBC Camera Crew filming University academic|The university of Leicester is working closely with NASA and the European Space Agency to determine the age-old question, is there life on Mars? Mars Sample Return is happening with the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020...

• Open a UK bank account

  https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-arrival/open-uk-bank-account

  Information about bank accounts, local banks and how to set up an account in the UK for new students starting at the University of Leicester.

• Focused Ion Beam (FIB)

  https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/advanced-microscopy-facility/microscopes-and-equipment/fib

  A FIB provides the capability to understand how materials and features within the microstructure are interconnected, which aids academic understanding when studying with the Advanced Microscopy Facility (AMF).

• Are we doomed New online course asks how we can make the modern world sustainable

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/are-we-doomed-new-online-course-asks-how-we-can-make-the-modern-world-sustainable

  A new online course, available on the FutureLearn social learning platform, will unpick the complex global challenge that is sustainability and provide a deeper understanding of what it means to be a global citizen.

• Treating insomnia may reduce mental health problems

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/treating-insomnia-may-reduce-mental-health-problems

  Treating insomnia with online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could reduce mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, and paranoia, according to a large randomised controlled trial published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

• Research brings hope of new treatment for asthma sufferers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/research-brings-hope-of-new-treatment-of-asthma-sufferers

  Improved treatments for people with severe asthma are a ‘step closer’ after a research team led by Dr Ruth Saunders from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation identified a breakthrough in the cause of airway narrowing.