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The history of genetic fingerprinting
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/history
Read about the history of genetic fingerprinting, and Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys' journey from Oxford to Leicester to beyond genetic fingerprinting.
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Ancient History and Classical Archaeology BA, DipHE, CertHE, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/ancient-history-and-classical-archaeology-ba-dl/2025
When it comes to understanding the past, two disciplines are often better than one. In this degree, you’ll study the ancient and classical worlds through both textual and material remains, with the added flexibility of working from home.
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Ancient History and Classical Archaeology BA, DipHE, CertHE, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/ancient-history-and-classical-archaeology-ba-dl/2026
When it comes to understanding the past, two disciplines are often better than one. In this degree, you’ll study the ancient and classical worlds through both textual and material remains, with the added flexibility of working from home.
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New hope for patients with aggressive asbestos-linked cancer as trial shows a targeted cancer treatment can improve survival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/asbestos-cancer-nero-leicester-fennell
Leicester researchers have shown for the first time that a drug that prevents cancer cells from repairing can control the growth of mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer caused by asbestos
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Professional and College Services
https://le.ac.uk/ggb/people/professional
See a list of our professional and college services staff. Find out how to contact them via telephone and email.
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Research staff
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/people/research
Browse the research staff (including research nurses) currently working in Cardiovascular Sciences at Leicester. Get in touch via telephone and email.
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Incunabula in Special Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/04/10/incunabula-in-special-collections/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 10, 2014 For a University the size and age of Leicester the Library has a surprising rich collection of incunabula (books printed before 1501).
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History (Holocaust and Genocide Studies) MA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/history-holocaust-and-genocide-studies-ma/2026
This is for you if... you want to explore the cultural history and memory of crimes against humanity.
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The closed prison and the memory of anywhere-but-here
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/03/21/the-closed-prison-and-the-memory-of-everywhere-but-here/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on March 21, 2016 The prison of the wolvenplein (Wolves Square), located in the city centre of Utrecht (The Netherlands), closed down in June 2014 as part of the budget cuts that have also affected the prison administration.
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Facilities
https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/facilities
The Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester occupies a recently-refurbished, modern, purpose-built laboratory space, furnished with up-to-date equipment for the latest molecular genetic methods.