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Leicester expert leads fight to cut India’s annual toll of 50,000 snakebite deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/india-snakes
A University of Leicester academic is using her expertise to help India cut the number of fatalities from snake-bites.
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Leicester diabetes professor awarded honorary degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/kamlesh-dundee
An internationally recognised diabetes professor from Leicester has been presented with an honorary degree from the university he graduated from as a doctor in 1984.
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Disturbed sleep may partially explain Long COVID breathlessness, find researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/covid-and-sleep
A major UK study has discovered that the disturbed sleep patterns in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 was likely to be a driver of breathlessness
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Multi-million pound international investment to launch new industrial research facility in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/multi-million-pound-international-investment-to-launch-new-industrial-research-facility-in-leicester
A multi-million pound Research Centre for metal and alloys has been launched in Leicester. It will enable the University of Leicester and partners to work with China for an initial period of five years to bring advanced thinking to metal production.
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Leicester diabetes figures up by a third in five years
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/leicester-diabetes-figures-up-by-a-third-in-five-years
The number of adults in Leicester with diabetes has risen by 33 per cent in the last five years, according to new figures.
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AI tool for breast cancer patients following surgery will be trialled later this year.
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/artificial-intelligence
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Leicester, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict which breast cancer patients may be at risk of side effects after surgery and radiotherapy.
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Leicester combines expertise with NASA to power spacecraft into new frontiers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/rhu-stirling-1-770
University of Leicester signs International Space Act Agreement with NASA to support collaboration between Space Park Leicester and NASA’s Glenn Research Center on a novel Radioisotope Power System design and laboratory test campaign
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New approach provides potential vaccine and treatment for Alzheimer’s
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/tapas
A promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease – and also vaccinate against it – has been developed by a team of UK and German scientists.
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Call for Armed Forces personnel to share stories of transition to healthcare careers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/armed-forces
To coincide with Armed Forces Day 2022 (Saturday 25 June), Leicester health professionals have launched a major new research project which could provide solutions to the NHS’ staff shortage crisis by helping veterans transition into civilian careers.
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40 years ago: Philip Larkin opens new University library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/09/25/40-years-ago-philip-larkin-opens-new-university-library/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on September 25, 2015 Philip Larkin unveils plaque opening the new University Library.