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• Research suggests bowel cancer medication could help combat earlyonset Parkinsons disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/research-suggests-bowel-cancer-medication-could-help-combat-early-onset-parkinson2019s-disease

  People with certain forms of early-onset Parkinson’s disease could potentially benefit from taking a medication used to treat certain forms of cancer, according to new research by Leicester scientists and funded by the Medical Research Council.

• New hope for gay communities following Typhoon Haiyan

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/new-hope-for-gay-communities-following-typhoon-haiyan

  Many LGBT people in Tacloban, Philippines have achieved new-found acceptance in their communities, including a dramatic rise in the number of people using dating applications such as Grindr and Tinder, in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, according to research co-led...

• Critical gaps in antenatal care identified in cases of term stillbirths

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/critical-gaps-in-antenatal-care-identified-in-cases-of-term-stillbirths

  A new study launched today has revealed key steps for hospitals to improve care for pregnant mums and babies.

• Sociology student awarded UN internship in Indonesia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/sociology-student-awarded-un-internship-in-indonesia

  Student Cindy Colondam, who is due to start her second year studying Sociology, has been working as an intern for the United Nations (UN) as part of their UN Global Pulse initiative in Jakarta, Indonesia over the summer.

• Plan a space mission from concept to launch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/plan-a-space-mission-from-concept-to-launch

  Planning a space mission from its initial concept through to its design, assembly and take-off is now a reality thanks to the Department of Physics and Astronomy's Space Exploration Systems MSc, which sets students up for a career in the space industry by teaching...

• Leicester academic curates major art exhibition in Rome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academic-curates-major-art-exhibition-in-rome

  A University of Leicester academic has curated a major art exhibition currently being shown at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. Professor David Ekserdjian, from the University of Leicester’s Department of History of Art and Film, curated “Correggio e Parmigianino.

• Undergraduate

  https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/undergraduate

  The Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester teaches undergraduate degree courses in the School of Biological Sciences, the Biological Sciences (Genetics) BSc and the Medical Genetics BSc.

• Karis Wainaina

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/karis-wainaina

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• Scientists are unravelling the reasons why mass extinctions have occurred throughout history

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/scientists-are-unravelling-the-reasons-why-mass-extinctions-have-occurred-throughout-history

  Scientists are unravelling the reasons why mass extinctions have occurred throughout history Scientists are unravelling the reasons why mass extinctions have occurred throughout history|Leicester research could help to predict approaching ecological catastrophes Leicester...

• Heather Couper (1949-2020)

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/20-heather-couper

  Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest at the unveiling of the Rattray Lecture Theatre's astronomical clock in 1989.