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New blood test for human TB may also identify people most at risk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/10-new-tuberculosis-blood-test-tb
A new study conducted by researchers in Leicester and Nottingham has shown the potential for a new blood test to not only diagnose human tuberculosis (TB) but also identify those at most risk of developing the disease, according to findings published in medical journal...
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Financial Markets and Investors
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/financial-markets-and-investors
Working papers Eccles, P., Grout, P.A, Siciliani, P. and Zalewska, A. 2023. Open banking and capital requirements. Bank of England WP. Wei, W. and Zalewska, A. 2023.
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February Book Group: Decline and Fall
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/02/28/bookgroupdecline/
A summary of the February 2014 Book Group meeting
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Dr Ken Edwards
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/ken-edwards
Obituary notice for Dr Ken Edwards, former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Leicester.
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The Dickens Code: Enduring mystery of Dickens shorthand letter solved with crowd-sourced research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/dickens-code-tavistock-letter
The idea that the Tavistock letter was an appeal by Dickens to someone to intervene over a rejected, but legal, advertisement took the researchers back to New York’s Morgan Library & Museum, which holds a manuscript of a letter to Dickens dated 9 May 1859 from Mowbray...
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The Euro is (probably) dead, long live Europe!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/01/28/the-euro-is-probably-dead-long-live-europe/
Posted by Angus Cameron in School of Business Blog on January 28, 2015 Amidst the occasionally apocalyptic commentaries on the likely consequences of Greece’s recent general election results, Angus Cameron , the Deputy Director of School, drives a wedge between the potential...
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Scientist behind life-saving cancer research returns to Leicester for honorary award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/scientist-behind-life-saving-cancer-research-leicester-honorary-award
Award-winning scientist Dr Angela Coxon has returned to her old university in Leicester to receive an honorary title.
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Expert reaction to study looking at air pollution and lung cancer survival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-reaction-to-study-looking-at-air-pollution-and-lung-cancer-survival
Professor Michael Peake (pictured), Honorary Consultant and Professor of Respiratory Medicine from the Institute for Lung Health has commented on new research suggesting that pollution may shorten lung cancer patients' lives.
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Influential black and minority ethnic scientists recognised for contributions to society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/influential-black-and-minority-ethnic-scientists-recognised-for-contributions-to-society
Leicester physicists are marking Black History Month by profiling the most influential BME scientists from both history and modern times.
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New advance announced in fight against Alzheimers and Parkinsons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-advance-announced-in-fight-against-alzheimers-and-parkinsons
A five-year study by an international team led by Leicester has found a way of ‘reversing’ symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s – using fruit flies as test subjects.