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• Centre to bring pathology testing to breathless patients

  Date: 30 Sep 2015

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  East Midlands researchers are leading the establishment of a new Centre to develop breath analysis tests that could help in the rapid diagnosis...

• Transformative plan to pioneer a distinctive elite in higher education

  Date: 22 Sep 2015

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  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has unveiled a transformative plan to create a university that represents a ‘distinctive elite’...

• Researcher to discuss the future beyond antibiotics at lecture

  Date: 16 Sep 2015

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  Pioneering research into bacteriophage therapy as an alternative to antibiotics will be discussed at this year’s Frank May Prize Lecture on Monday...

• Leicester reaches 15 million readers on The Conversation

  Date: 27 Aug 2015

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  Academics from across the University have collectively captured the imagination of over 1.

• Microbiologist honoured with bug named after him

  Date: 27 Aug 2015

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  Microbiologist Bill Grant (pictured), Emeritus Professor in the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation has a new honour to add...

• New insights into how asthma pathways could be blocked revealed

  Date: 19 Aug 2015

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  Researchers have discovered new insights into how asthma may be caused, by identifying three distinct groups of asthma patients characterised by...

• Genetically modified bacteria to help combat muscle fatigue being developed by students

  Date: 23 Jul 2015

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  A team of second-year students are taking part in the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM), in which they are required...

• New way to kill the malaria parasite identified

  Date: 6 Jul 2015

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  Scientists have discovered new ways in which the malaria parasite survives in the blood stream of its victims - a discovery that could pave the...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 18 June 1 July

  Date: 1 Jul 2015

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  Professor Philip Shaw from the School of English has written an opinion piece for The Conversation where, two centuries after Waterloo, he...

• Insights into visual supersense provided by new study

  Date: 30 Jun 2015

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  An experiment originally designed to test the visual abilities of octopuses and cuttlefish has provided researchers with new insights into a human...