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School children ‘Ask the Astronaut’ with University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/tim-peake-aac-schools
School children had the chance to submit their questions through the ‘Little Inventors in Space’ programme, led by the Attenborough Arts Centre in partnership with Little Inventors and Inspirate.
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Effectiveness of ‘smart’ inhalers in preventing COPD flare ups is focus of new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/copd
A new study that will monitor patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from the comfort of their own homes, using inhalers with digital sensors and a mobile app, has signed up 42 patients.
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Funerals and Memorial Services
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/about/body-donation-programme/procedure/funeral-arrangements
If you have been accepted onto the Body Donation Programme, after you have arrived at the University following your death, your next of kin/executor will be offered certain options for your eventual funeral. Learn more about our funerals and our Memorial Service.
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A new potential treatment pathway for cardiovascular disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/31-trib1-research
A collaborative study involving scientists from the University of Leicester has shown, for the first time, that a protein expressed in a subset of immune cells contributes towards the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries, which leads to cardiovascular disease.
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Expert opinions cover conspiracy theories James Bond Brexit and muscle disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/expert-opinions-cover-conspiracy-theories-james-bond-brexit-and-muscle-disease
Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management has written an article for The Conversation discussing private meetings and conspiracy theories.
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New Alzheimers Advance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-alzheimer2019s-advance
Work done at Leicester has helped to identify a new drug target for not only improving symptoms of brain degeneration – but also to extend the life-span of the terminally ill mice.
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Virtual Vauxhall Gardens
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/vvg/2019/04/02/virtual-vauxhall-gardens/
Posted by in Virtual Vauxhall Gardens on April 2, 2019 Introduction Virtual Vauxhall Gardens is a multidisciplinary project to create a multi-sensory, user-controlled, VR reconstruction of the experience of Vauxhall Gardens in 1752.
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MBiolSci Research Project (Cancer Cell Biology)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs4006
Module code: BS4006 This module comprises a full-time, 4 month research project placement: 3 months of lab work and then 1 month for writing the dissertation and project presentation.
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Festival archive
https://le.ac.uk/literary-leicester/festival-archive
Check out previous Literary Leicester events
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Black holes could grow as large as 50 billion suns research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/black-holes-could-grow-as-large-as-50-billion-suns-research-shows
Black holes at the heart of galaxies could swell to 50 billion times the mass of the sun before losing the discs of gas they rely on to sustain themselves, according to research by Professor Andrew King from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.