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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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Politics BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/politics-ba/2026
We’ve taught Politics at Leicester for over 80 years. You’ll benefit from the expertise and diverse interests of our lecturers and guest speakers, and the flexibility to choose the areas that interest you.
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2023 news
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/news/2023
Please see below for articles published in 2023. Pneumococcal capsule expression is controlled through a conserved, distal cis-regulatory element during infection David G. Glanville; Ozcan Gazioglu; Michela Marra; Valerie L. Tokars; Tatyana Kushnir; Medhanie Habtom; Nicholas J.
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New ‘explant’ technique predicts a tumour’s responsiveness to breast cancer treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/breast-cancer
Cancer researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a technique that could predict how well some breast cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy and antibody-directed cancer treatments
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MRC Undergraduate Dissertation Prize
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/study/undergraduate/dissertation-prize
See records of the annual Medieval Research Centre prize for the best undergraduate dissertation in medieval studies. The prize was set up in 2007 in memory of A G and A L Postles.
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Chicken and egg mystery solved in new DNA book for younger readers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/dna-childrens-book
New children’s book about genetics answers the age-old question of which came first, written by genetics experts working at the University of Leicester and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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Major endorsement for new space mission to find ‘Earth 2.0’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/luvoir
Initial designs show some similarities to JWST, with a segmented telescope assembly and large sunshade to be deployed in orbit. But LUVOIR would boast a segmented mirror up to 16m in diameter – compared to the current record 6m diameter array fitted to JWST.
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University of Leicester Institute Director is one of BioBeat’s 50 Movers and Shakers for 2018
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/01-biobeat-50
Report celebrates outstanding female leaders in UK healthcare business
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The largest prison in the world
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/12/19/reflections-on-the-worlds-largest-prison/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on December 19, 2014 Several days ago, I broke from reading through the notes of nineteenth-century Russian penal inspectors to admire the 23rd edition of the International Prison News Digest , a publication of the Institute...
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You are what you Wear? Clothing, Fashion and Belonging in the Modern World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3681
Module code: HS3681 Clothing and fashion contains many indicators of class, gender and even politics. You’ll be looking at a wide range of case studies from Great Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union, Lithuania and Palestine/Israel in a transnational context.