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                    Earliest evidence of wine consumption in the Americas found in Caribbeanhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/wine-caribbean Earliest evidence of wine drinking in the Americas found in Caribbean pottery vessels by team involving the University of Leicester 
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                    Leicester scientists are hoping to create an improved vaccine to fight tuberculosishttps://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/tuberculosis Researchers from the University of Leicester are among those hoping to create an improved vaccine to fight tuberculosis as part of a €9 million Euro project 
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                    Pioneering study identifies over 100 genes linked to thyroid hormone levelshttps://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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                    Leicester pioneers introduce novel new imaging autopsy service to the NHShttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-pioneers-introduce-novel-new-imaging-autopsy-service-to-the-nhs Researchers from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust have introduced an alternative method to diagnose the cause of death, which in many cases can replace the need for the traditional invasive autopsy. 
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                    Trident and Triremes: funding for research into nuclear weapons and Ancient Greecehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/10-erc-grants Two University of Leicester academics have received more than three and a half million euros from the European Research Council for major projects investigating the ancient past and the world of the future. 
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                    Leicester researchers develop lifesaving kits for women in Asia at risk from post-abortion complicationshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/leicester-lifesaving-abortion-kits-women-asia University of Leicester researchers are behind a drive to provide lifesaving kits for women in India and Bangladesh who are at risk from complications following unsafe abortions during disasters. 
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                    Exhibition brings Leicester’s Second World War voices to life to mark VE Day’s 80th anniversaryhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/website-leicester-second-world-war-voices-ve-day-80th-anniversary The voices of Leicester people who lived through the Second World War can now be heard on a website launched in time for the 80th anniversary of VE Day (Thursday 8 May 2025). 
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                    Top Long COVID symptoms revealed in global studyhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/long-covid-symptoms-revealed-global-study People with Long COVID have an almost four-fold increase of losing their taste and smell compared to those without the condition, according to an international analysis of 15 million people. 
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                    Target Wound Infection Studyhttps://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/national-cardiac-surgery-clinical-trials-programme/infection-prevention/target-wound-infection-study-overview Target Wound Infection Study is looking at developing a way of working out whether patients have a high or a low risk of developing a wound infection 
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                    ‘Urgent help’ is required to drive down COVID-19 death rates among ethnic minority communitieshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/covid-19-among-ethnic-minorities The disproportionate rates of COVID-19 related deaths among people from ethnic minorities is ‘alarming’ and requires ‘urgent attention’ researchers have said.