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• New heart attack genes discovered

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-heart-attack-genes-discovered

  Scientists have discovered two new genes which are associated with a person’s risk of coronary heart disease in an international collaboration involving BHF and NIHR-funded researchers. The findings could lead to new statin-like treatments to prevent heart attacks.

• Working together to put research at the top of the agenda in the fight against cancer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/cancer-hope

  The University of Leicester is working in partnership with local Leicestershire and Rutland charity, Hope Against Cancer, to advance cancer research and deliver clinical excellence for patients.

• Corruption in the management of technology threatens public safety, says University of Leicester academic in new book

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/corruption

  Read more about the new book by Dr Simon Bennett, Corruption and the Management of Public Safety: The Governance of Technological Systems

• Munashe tackles the competition to join England Universities Rugby Team

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/munashe-tackles-the-competition-to-join-england-universities-rugby-team-1

  MChem student and athlete Munashe Fumhanda has expressed his excitement at being selected to join the England Universities Rugby League team. Munashe started playing rugby at around the age of 8, which eventually led to him representing South Yorkshire competitively.

• University of Leicester media students join forces with NHS to produce a film for local mental health services

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/nhs-media

  Students from University of Leicester have teamed up with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) to produce a film that introduces local children and young people to specialist mental health services.

• University of Leicester historian celebrates double book prize win

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/anderson

  Clare Anderson, Professor of History and Director of the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies, has won the Social History Society Book Prize 2024 and the Australian Historical Association’s biennial Kay Daniels Award 2024, for her book Convicts: A Global History.

• Leicester scientists get into gear for new fundraising challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/leicester-scientists-get-into-gear-for-new-fundraising-challenge

  Leicester scientists get into gear for new fundraising challenge David and Charlotte 1375| Dr Charlotte Smith and Professor David Bartram are getting on their bikes to highlight Cycle 300, a new fundraising challenge from Cancer Research UK.

• Britain's colonial past reinterpreted

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/natural-heritage/colonial-countryside

  A ground-breaking collaboration between the University of Leicester and the National Trust.

• Pioneering technique could unlock targeted treatments for cancer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/hdac-cancer

  Leicester researchers have described application of a pioneering chemical technique which could unlock ground-breaking new treatments for cancer and other diseases.

• The Madonna of the pinks

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/madonna-of-the-pinks

  RCMG was commissioned to carry out an evaluation of the impact of Raphael’s Madonna of the Pinks on young people unfamiliar with art galleries.