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Study sheds light on how COVID-19 and blood glucose levels increase in-hospital cardiovascular and renal problems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/covid-glucose
People admitted to hospital with COVID-19 are more at risk of developing cardiovascular and renal complications if they have low or high blood glucose levels, new research has revealed.
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Very premature infants Towards better care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/very-premature-infants-towards-better-care
Born too soon, very premature infants are particularly vulnerable and need appropriate care. The European project EPICE (Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe) examines how medical practices based on scientific evidence are incorporated into the care of these neonates.
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£5 million grant for health science PhD students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/16-wellcome-grant
The University of Leicester has been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant of over £5 million. The grant will enable the University to support 40 genomic epidemiology and public health genomics PhD students beginning in the 2020/21 academic year.
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Citizens of Change celebrate life-changing achievements online
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/graduation-celebration
IQiUjIbODDE|When starting their degrees at the University of Leicester, no student could have predicted that their 2020 graduation ceremony would have to be postponed because of a pandemic.
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Worlds biggest study of genetics of lung health and disease allows scientists to predict chance of developing COPD
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/world2019s-biggest-study-of-genetics-of-lung-health-and-disease-allows-scientists-to-predict-chance-of-developing-copd
The world’s biggest study into an individual’s genetic make-up and the risk of developing lung disease could allow scientists to more accurately ‘predict’ - based on genes and smoking - your chance of developing COPD, a deadly disease which is the third commonest cause of...
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University of Leicester rises to five-year high in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/the-world-rankings-2023
The University of Leicester has been ranked among the top 200 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023, and reached its highest position since 2018.
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Postwar Italian Directors
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/it3139
Module code: IT3139 This module explores the developments of postwar Italian cinema through the work of some of its prominent directors.
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The Politics of War and Peace: Northern Ireland After 1972
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl3103
Module code: PL3103 During the Troubles, Northern Ireland saw 30 years of violence, disorder and chaos. But the worst year of them all was 1972; a year that changed the nature of Northern Ireland forever.
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The American Presidency
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl3071
Module code: PL3071 With control over the most expensive military, the largest economy by GDP, an enormous amount of hard and soft power and a third of the world's total wealth, the Presidency of the United States is arguably the most powerful political position in the world.
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5th for Archaeology research in REF2021
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/ref2021
Archaeology and Ancient History research highlights in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.