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Vaccines for school and colleges
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/vaccines/school-and-colleges
We use vaccines to build up immunity to dangerous, disease-causing pathogens. Learn more about vaccines on The University of Leicester website.
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University of Leicester student engineer ‘excels’ to score top awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/sam-raviraja-award
Third-year University of Leicester student Samiksha Raviraja wins ‘Engineering Student of the Year’ – and is recognised for ‘Overall Excellence in Engineering’
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Ground-breaking discovery could pave the way for new therapies to prevent cardiovascular disease and stroke
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/cholesterol-cells-stroke-cardiovascular
Researchers at the University of Leicester have discovered the mechanism by which cholesterol in our diet is absorbed into our cells
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Firstclass graduate blazing her trail for womens empowerment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/first-class-graduate-blazing-her-trail-for-women2019s-empowerment
Graduating this week with a First Class Honours in Management Studies and Marketing, Faith is combining the entrepreneurial skills she gained whilst studying at the University of Leicester with her passion for women’s empowerment to create the social enterprise ‘Belles Network.
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Post-mortem CT angiography illuminates causes of death
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/post-mortem-ct-angiography-illuminates-causes-of-death
CT angiography is a useful adjunct to autopsy that is likely to increase the quality of post-mortem diagnosis, according to a study appearing online in the journal Radiology.
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Leicester scientist features in Canadian-British documentary providing new insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-scientist-features-in-canadian-british-documentary-providing-new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant
New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film ‘Dumbo’ – will be revealed in an international documentary featuring Dr Richard Thomas (pictured) from our School of...
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Professor Jayne Marshall
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/walk-with-women/jayne-marshall
Learn more about Professor Jayne Marshall, a Foundation Professor of Midwifery in the College of Life Sciences.
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Breakthrough discovery in diagnostic tools that can replace commonly used and fragile antibodies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/breakthrough-discovery-in-diagnostic-tools-that-can-replace-commonly-used-and-fragile-antibodies
Experts from our Biotechnology Group led by Professor Sergey Piletsky in collaboration with the spin-off company MIP Diagnostics Ltd have announced the development of polymeric materials with molecular recognition capabilities which hold the potential to outperform natural...
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Giant storms cause palpitations in Saturns atmospheric heartbeat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/giant-storms-cause-palpitations-in-saturn2019s-atmospheric-heartbeat
Immense northern storms on Saturn can disturb atmospheric patterns at the planet’s equator, finds the international Cassini mission in a study led by Dr Leigh Fletcher from our Department of Physics and Astronomy and published in Nature Astronomy.
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Diabetes risk score translation event taking place in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/diabetes-risk-score-translation-event-taking-place-in-leicester
An event to launch the translation of a Type 2 diabetes risk assessment tool into two South Asian languages takes place in Leicester next week.