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World-first clinical trial to test personalised treatments for aggressive form of lung cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/29-world-first-clinical-personalised-treatment-lung-cancer
The first-ever trial into delivering personalised treatment for mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, opened at the HOPE Clinical Trials Facility at Leicester's Hospitals today (Tuesday 29 January).
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River monster
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/natural-heritage/spinosaurus
An extraordinary discovery by a team of palaeontologists, including Dr David Unwin, published in Nature, rewrites our understanding of how dinosaurs lived.
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Leicester archaeology student shares passion for local history with fellow firefighters
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/dig-fire
A watch manager in the Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is helping other firefighters in the region to get involved with archaeology.
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Geology PhD students
https://le.ac.uk/gge/people/phd/geology
Browse the current PhD students in Geology within the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment at the University of Leicester, and see their contact details and research topics.
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Academic staff
https://le.ac.uk/english/people/academic-staff
View the academic team working within English at Leicester. Explore staff profiles, research interests and contact details.
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Emoji is the fastest growing language
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/emoji-is-the-fastest-growing-language/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 Emoji’s are ‘pictographs. Originally used in Japanese electronic messages, many characters have now been incorporated into Unicode and the launch of Emoj.li.
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Professor Cyril Dominguez
https://le.ac.uk/people/cyril-dominguez
The academic profile of Prof Cyril Dominguez, Professor in Structural Biology at University of Leicester
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Electronic frailty index will identify older people at risk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/30-frailty-index
A collaborative study involving Professor Simon Conroy from our Department of Health Sciences has been awarded £550,000 from the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme to develop the next version of the multi-award winning electronic frailty index (eFI).
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Nationwide map of air pollution provides insights into nitrogen dioxide levels across the country and within towns and cities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/new-nationwide-map-of-air-pollution-provides-insights-into-nitrogen-dioxide-levels-across-the-country-and-within-towns-and-cities
EarthSense Systems – a joint venture between our University and aerial mapping company BlueSky - has published MappAir® – the first ever high resolution nationwide map of air pollution.
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Mayer IgA Nephropathy Research Group
https://le.ac.uk/igan
Leicester’s Mayer IgAN Research Group leads global efforts to treat chronic kidney disease, backed by major funding and pioneering clinical breakthroughs.