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• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/51/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Study provides further evidence that statins could prevent blood clots in the veins

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/study-provides-further-evidence-that-statins-could-prevent-blood-clots-in-the-veins

  Further evidence has been found by researchers from the Universities of Leicester and Bristol to suggest statins could “significantly reduce” the occurrence of blood clotting in certain parts of the body.

• A 10 minute walk a day could add a year to your life – study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/brisk-walk

  A longer, healthier life could be as little as a ten-minute walk away, according to the findings of a new study conducted by researchers funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at the University of...

• Archive for November 2024: Page 2

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/page/2/

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• Garth Smithies Taylor (1896-1916)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/14/garth-smithies-taylor-1896-1916/

  15 October 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the death in action of Lieutenant Garth Smithies Taylor, a name which many staff and students at the University will have unwittingly passed on numerous occasions when entering the Fielding Johnson Building.

• An interview with Nora Waddington

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/12/19/an-interview-with-nora-waddington/

  Posted by rwatson in Library Special Collections on December 19, 2016 During the 1980s an oral history project was undertaken by the Leicester Oral history Archive.  These interviews are now held by the East Midlands Oral History Archives at the University of Leicester.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• Queer Heritage and Collections Network awarded Arts Council England and National Lottery Project Funding

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/queer-heritage

  Read more about the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries' latest project on queer heritage