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• New portable DNA toolkit targets global illegal wildlife trade

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/illegal-wildlife-trade-toolkit-dna-test-leicester

  Scientists at the University of Leicester have developed a portable, rapid DNA test to identify illegal wildlife products on the spot.

• Leicester cancer researchers recognised for exceptional contribution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/cancer-researchers

  Two researchers from the University of Leicester have been recognised by the Royal College of Radiologists for their ‘exceptional contribution’ to the field of cancer research.

• New AI tool helps doctors treat cancer patients after heart attack

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ai-cancer-patients-heart-attack-leicester

  University of Leicester researchers have pioneered a new tool to determine the risk of secondary heart attacks in cancer patients using Artificial Intelligence

• Digital self-management app for people with Chronic Kidney Disease improves knowledge, skills, and confidence in looking after own health

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/chronic-kidney

  Researchers from the University of Leicester have developed a web-based app to provide patients living with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) information and guidance on how best to look after themselves

• Peer Assisted Learning in Computer Architecture, Informatics

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/10/02/peer-assisted-learning-in-computer-architecture-informatics/

  Posted by apatel in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 2, 2019 Peer Assisted Learning team in Informatics, CO1104.

• Female UK legal trailblazer congratulates Leicester law students

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/women-in-law

  A trailblazing senior legal figure has sent her congratulations to University of Leicester students for setting up a Women in Law Society.

• Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/15/celebrating-lgbtq-history-month/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 15 February 2021 The PGR representatives launch our newsletter celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month within the School of Physics and Astronomy.

• Social Responsibility – Corporate or Social.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/07/30/social-responsibility-corporate-or-social/

  Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on July 30, 2020 I once worked for a company which included contributions to a hospital in a North African country amongst its corporate social responsibility efforts.

• Pneumonia

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/pneumonia

  Pneumonia is disease characterised by inflammation of the lungs, specifically the alveoli. Researchers within LeMID are most interested in the microbiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

• Discovery of Ancient Super-eruptions Suggests the Yellowstone Hotspot May Be Waning

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/blog/2020/07/08/discovery-ancient-super-eruptions-suggests-the-yellowstone-hotspot-may-be-waning/

  Posted by in University of Leicester Staff Blogs on July 8, 2020 Spectacular deformation (folding) within the Grey’s Landing Ignimbrite.