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Research suggests being overweight protects heart surgery patients
/news/2017/january/research-suggests-being-overweight-protects-heart-surgery-patients
Overweight and obese patients are less likely to die in hospital after a heart operation than patients who are a normal weight, according to a...
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Attenborough Arts Centre awarded £250,000 by Paul Hamlyn Foundation for flagship SENsory Atelier programme
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The arts-based initiative has a proven transformational impact on SEN school pupils
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Link between inherited DNA sequences and heart disease identified
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A study to examine recessively inherited genome-wide DNA sequences has for the first time discovered a potential link with Britain’s biggest...
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MRI research that gets to the heart of the matter
/news/2018/october/26-mri-research-that-gets-to-the-heart-of-the-matter
Insight into heart disease to be presented at Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµâ€™s Frank May Prize Lecture 2018 on 29 October
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Samworth Foundation provides £1.5m boost for robotic-assisted surgery at Leicester’s hospitals
/news/2023/august/samworth
The number of cancer patients who can benefit from pioneering robot-assisted surgery is set to quadruple thanks to a £1.
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Adding genetic information to health checks improves identification of people at risk of heart attacks and strokes
/news/2024/june/samani
Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ researchers have discovered a better way of identifying those at high risk of potential heart attacks and strokes and...
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Black British history scholarship is established to honour historian and activist Len Garrison
/news/2025/may/black-british-history-scholarship-historian-activist-len-garrison
Three postgraduates will be able study Black British history with the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ free of charge, thanks to a scholarship set up to...
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Leading University heart professor recognised as top global researcher
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The “valuable and significant†work of a University heart professor has won him recognition as one of the world’s most influential scientists.
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Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ film wins landmark award from the British Society of Criminology
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A short film created by the Centre for Hate Studies (Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ) has received the Sophie and Sylvia Lancaster Prize 2024 from the...
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University launches new centre for cardiovascular research
/news/2025/september/leicester-cardiovascular-research-bhf
A new multi-million pound centre to turbocharge cardiovascular research has opened at the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ.