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  • Pioneering study identifies over 100 genes linked to thyroid hormone levels

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/thyroid

    A new study has identified over 100 genes linked to thyroid hormone levels, shedding light on the causes of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism (underactive and overactive thyroid).

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    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.

  • Insights into visual supersense provided by new study

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-researcher-gains-new-insights-into-human-visual-abilities

    An experiment originally designed to test the visual abilities of octopuses and cuttlefish has provided researchers with new insights into a human supersense – the ability to perceive the polarisation of light.

  • Breakthrough study uncovers origin of plant sperm

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-breakthrough-study-origin-plant-sperm

    A large international team of researchers has uncovered the origin of an ancient genetic mechanism needed for plant fertility

  • 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.

  • Case Study - Team Factors

    https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/executive-education-programmes/help-to-grow-management-programme/case-study---team-factors

    Introduction Team Factors Ltd, based in Hertfordshire, were established in 2010 and provide start-ups, micro companies and SMEs with flexible factoring solutions enabling businesses to receive payment of up to 90% of the value of their invoices immediately.

  • Study shows large gender imbalance in funding given for cancer research

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/study-shows-large-gender-imbalance-in-funding-given-for-cancer-research

    Male researchers receive far greater funding for cancer research than their female equivalents, suggests a study involving University of Leicester research and published in the journal BMJ Open.

  • 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.

  • An interview with Nora Waddington

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/12/19/an-interview-with-nora-waddington/

    Posted by rwatson in Library Special Collections on December 19, 2016 During the 1980s an oral history project was undertaken by the Leicester Oral history Archive.  These interviews are now held by the East Midlands Oral History Archives at the University of Leicester.

  • Garth Smithies Taylor (1896-1916)

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/14/garth-smithies-taylor-1896-1916/

    15 October 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the death in action of Lieutenant Garth Smithies Taylor, a name which many staff and students at the University will have unwittingly passed on numerous occasions when entering the Fielding Johnson Building.

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