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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.
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How Muhammad Ali changed the way we see sport
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/how-muhammad-ali-changed-the-way-we-see-sport
Muhammad Ali, who passed away last week at the age of 74, changed the way we see sport and the inequalities that both feed and dramatise it, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.
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About us
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/about-us
Learn more about the Materials research Centre at the University of Leicester
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People
https://le.ac.uk/gem/people
Professor Simon Conroy Simon’s ambition is to improve outcomes for frail older people by embedding evidence based medicine into clinical practice (‘campus to clinic’ translational research).
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New perspectives on Middle East encouraged in relaunched journal
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/new-perspectives-on-middle-east-encouraged-in-relaunched-journal
A journal that offers new perspectives on debates within Middle Eastern Studies and challenges orthodoxies in the field has been relaunched at Leicester.
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Community event raises awareness of prostate cancers silent symptoms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/community-event-raises-awareness-of-prostate-cancers-silent-symptoms
A Leicester health campaigner has called for men to get checked out for prostate cancer because of its “silent symptoms” – after a high-profile journalist was diagnosed with the condition.
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Kidney disease patients can benefit from lifting weights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/kidney-disease-patients-can-benefit-from-lifting-weights
Lifting weights can provide significant health benefits to patients suffering from kidney disease.
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Increasing attendance at libraries and leisure centres
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/increasing-attendance-at-libraries-and-leisure-centre
New research has identified potential ways to encourage public attendance at libraries and leisure centres.
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Research highlighted in Governments Serious Violence Strategy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/research-highlighted-in-government2019s-serious-violence-strategy
A major research project led by a team of researchers from our Department of Criminology working with the Home Office has been highlighted in the Government’s latest ‘Serious Violence Strategy’ policy paper.
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Culture on the Fringe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/culture-on-the-fringe
An upcoming event organised and hosted by Leicester’s CAMEo Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies will be exploring the concept of ‘fringe’ culture- how it might be defined, what separates it from the ‘mainstream’, and the opportunities that fringe festivals can...