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• Mythbusting coronavirus from Amazon to Zoflora: cleaning facts and fiction

  Date: 23 Apr 2020

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  How long can coronavirus survive on your Amazon parcels, and should you disinfect your shopping trolly when going to the supermarket? According Dr...

• Decoy protein injection could stop COVID-19

  Date: 16 Apr 2020

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  Decoy proteins that bind and trap the coronavirus to stop it infecting cells in our bodies are being developed by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

• Coronavirus or hay fever? Leicester academics share guidance on symptoms

  Date: 9 Apr 2020

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  Warm weather over the Easter weekend and a new burst of birch pollen in the air has set off hay fever symptoms for millions of sufferers across...

• Leicester-led trial shows less invasive cardiac procedure works as well as surgery

  Date: 2 Apr 2020

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  A nationwide study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), assessing a less invasive procedure that addresses a common heart...

• Why coronavirus can be fatal in young people

  Date: 2 Apr 2020

  /news/2020/april/03-corona-in-young

  Coronavirus can be fatal to young people because of the extreme immune response triggered by the virus within their body, advises Dr Julian Tang,...

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ contributes essentials and equipment to NHS

  Date: 29 Mar 2020

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  As part of its drive to support the NHS during coronavirus pandemic, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ has donated thousands of essential items for...

• Coronavirus advice for students and staff

  Date: 7 Mar 2020

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is continuing to monitor coronavirus, or COVID-19, which is not known to have affected our staff or students.

• New approach to coronavirus testing could curb spread of virus

  Date: 28 Feb 2020

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  A new approach to testing for coronavirus (COVID19) is to be trialled by researchers here at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, which could determine...

• Pioneering new research revolutionises early detection of TB

  Date: 19 Feb 2020

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  Researchers at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the University of Pretoria are revolutionising the way tuberculosis (TB) is diagnosed through the...

• Public lecture on kidney dialysis

  Date: 5 Feb 2020

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  The challenges facing dialysis patients and the health professionals who treat them is the subject of a public lecture at the University of...