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• A story to … awaken thrilling horror

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/31/a-story-to-awaken-thrilling-horror/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 31, 2016 University of Leicester Special Collections. Frontispiece to the first illustrated edition of Frankenstein, drawn by Theodor von Holst and engraved by W. Chevalier.

• Global COVID-19 study finds higher infection risk was main driver of ethnic inequality

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/covid

  A major new global study has found that higher rates of severe illness and death among ethnic minority groups during the pandemic was largely driven by a greater risk of infection.

• Study provides insight into zincs important role in heartbeat regulation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/study-provides-insight-into-zincs-important-role-in-heartbeat-regulation

  Leicester researchers have been involved in a study with University of St Andrews examining the role zinc plays in regulating heartbeat.

• University scientists involved in major international plant reproduction study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/university-scientists-involved-in-major-international-plant-reproduction-study

  Leicester is part of a major new study on the evolution of sexual reproduction in plants which has received 2.6 million euros in funding.

• First witness to the Great Fire of London uncovered by University of Leicester academic

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/fire-of-london

  Professor Kate Loveman of the University of Leicester for the Museum of London has identified the first witness of the Great Fire of London.

• Inherited herpesvirus study finds links to ancient humans

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/inherited-herpesvirus-study-finds-links-to-ancient-humans

  An international study of integrated HHV-6 led by our University has discovered that a small number of human ancestors, one from about 24,000 years ago, have been responsible for transmitting ancient strains of the virus to individuals today – affecting about a million people...

• MIXS: studying Mercury in detail

  https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/mixs

  BepiColombo carries two X-ray spectrometers: MIXS (Mercury Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer) and SIXS (Solar Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer). No-one has sent an imaging X-ray telescope to any planetary body before so this is ground-breaking science.

• USA

  https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/north-america/usa

  We welcome students from the USA. Find out about entry requirements, the American student community and other country-specific information.

• Local research study contributes to global findings which pinpoint genes for depression across ethnicities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/exceed

  A University of Leicester study has contributed to the world’s largest and most diverse genetic study ever into major depression, helping to reveal nearly 300 previously unknown genetic links to the condition

• £2m study - ethnicity and COVID-19 in healthcare workers

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/covid-uk-reach

  UK-REACH will investigate data held by national healthcare organisations to understand what the risk of having, and dying from, COVID-19 is for ethnic minority healthcare works.