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• Babies born at the limits of viability

  https://le.ac.uk/timms/research/babies-viability

  Only 1 in 500 babies are born before 24 weeks' of pregnancy however, they make up around a fifth of all baby deaths. This work aims to improve care for babies born at this extremely early stage of pregnancy particularly around consistent determination of signs of life

• Academic provides national security briefing

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/academic-provides-national-security-briefing

  Dr Andrew Futter from the School of History, Politics and International Relations was recently invited to London to brief the UK National Security Secretariat at the Cabinet Office.

• The City Classroom

  https://le.ac.uk/study/schools-and-colleges/city-classroom

  The City Classroom is the Cultural Education Partnership for Leicester(shire), developed by a group of local arts organisations in 2015 to provide access to inspiring creative experiences; raising standards and supporting children and young people's progression.

• Projects

  https://le.ac.uk/stanley-burton/research/projects

  The Stanley Burton Centre is involved with numerous projects relating to the study of the Holocaust and genocide. Find out more about the projects undertaken by the Centre.

• Facilities for students

  https://le.ac.uk/natural-sciences/study/facilities

  Lab experience and fieldwork experience are key to developing practical skills and fundamental understanding of the scientific process. We use specialist subject laboratories in Physics, Chemistry and Life Sciences at the University.

• Routine screening of relatives of aortic disease patients could save lives

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/routine-screening-of-relatives-of-aortic-disease-patients-could-save-lives

  Routine screening and genetic testing of the relatives of patients suffering from aortic diseases could save lives, new research has shown.

• Seeing your preferred GP is getting more difficult

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/seeing-your-preferred-gp-is-getting-more-difficult

  Continuity of care – the long-term professional relationship between a patient and a chosen GP - is not only at the core of general practice but is recognised as being associated with better recognition of certain health problems, better concordance with medication, better...

• Genetic properties help identify illegally traded tropical hardwood

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/genetic-properties-help-identify-illegally-traded-tropical-hardwood

  Around 30-90 percent of all tropical hardwood is logged illegally. Checks on the origin of wood, however thorough, are not particularly effective because documentation may be fraudulent.

• Childrens maths difficulties research wins top award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/childrens-maths-difficulties-research-wins-top-award

  Leicester researchers who investigated why children who are born prematurely struggle with maths have scooped a top national award for excellence in research.

• Research uses Sir David Attenboroughs DNA to determine link between Y chromosome and surname

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-uses-sir-david-attenborough2019s-dna-to-determine-link-between-y-chromosome-and-surname

  A study carried out by Dr Turi King from the Department of Genetics used the DNA of Sir David Attenborough as part of a larger study to see if there was a link between the Y chromosome and surname, both of which are passed down the male line.