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Global study reveals major gaps in diabetes care targets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/diabetes-care-targets-khunti-leicester
A global study involving academics from the University of Leicester has found that only 12 per cent of individuals with the condition are achieving all three targets simultaneously, despite significant advances in therapies and updated clinical guidelines.
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A tulip bulb, the value of which would have fed ‘a whole ship’s crew for a twelvemonth’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/04/07/a-tulip-bulb-the-value-of-which-would-have-fed-a-whole-ships-crew-for-a-twelvemonth/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 7, 2017 The tulip, with its bold, eye-catching flowers in a wide variety of gorgeous colours, is in bloom, in many of our spring gardens, making one of their most striking features.
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Leicester academic leads international research study into potential new biomarker for breast cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-of-leicester-academic-joins-international-research-study-into-potential-new-biomarker-for-breast-cancer
An academic from our University is leading an international collaborative research study, funded by Cancer Research UK, which uses recently launched technology to evaluate a potential new biomarker for prediction of disease progression in women with breast cancer.
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The Dreadful Burning of the City of London
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/09/08/the-dreadful-burning-of-the-city-of-london/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on September 8, 2016 The atmosphere of London in 1666, before, as well as after, the outbreak of the Great Fire, was febrile – anti-Catholic feeling was potent and rife, portents and prophecies of terrible events...
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MA Scholarship Award Holders Announced
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/08/01/ma-scholarship-award-holders-announced/
Posted by David Revill in School of English Blog on August 1, 2014 Congratulations! to the following four applicants who have each been awarded a £2000 MA Scholarship : Mariette Cracknell (MA Victorian Studies),Kelsyn Delaney (MA Modern Literature and...
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Secrets of sharing iconic space heritage to be revealed in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/iconic-space-heritage
Doug Millard of the Science Museum will give his talk 'The Flights of the Seagull: Bringing Tereshkova’s Spacecraft (and Rubin) to the Science Museum' on Thursday 25 June at Space Park Leicester
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Study reveals mysteries of enzyme mechanism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/study-reveals-mysteries-of-enzyme-mechanism
An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme peroxidases and determining its structure using a beam of neutrons from the heart of a nuclear reactor.
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Pioneering study identifies over 100 genes linked to thyroid hormone levels
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/thyroid
A new study has identified over 100 genes linked to thyroid hormone levels, shedding light on the causes of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism (underactive and overactive thyroid).
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Unique protein signatures linked to ethnicity and changes in physical activity observed in new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/diabetes-ethnicity-protein-study-leicester
A Leicester study has shed light on why people of South Asian (SA) origin may face a higher risk of cardiometabolic disorders and respond differently to physical activity compared to White European people