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Medical Biosciences (Microbiology) MBiolSci
https://le.ac.uk/courses/medical-biosciences-microbiology-mbiolsci/2026
Infectious diseases are responsible for a third of all deaths and are a major cause of death in infants and young children. The sheer diversity of pathogens and the exotic mechanisms they have evolved to escape the human immune system make them a fascinating topic to study.
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New scientific technique helps catch wildlife criminals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/peregrine-falcon
DNA tests co-developed by scientists from the University of Leicester and Scotland’s wildlife forensic lab are helping to catch criminals involved in the illegal sale of protected bird species.
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Pathogenesis of airway disease
https://le.ac.uk/lung-health/research/pathogenesis-of-airway-disease
Specialists This is the main focus of the laboratory-based research on the Glenfield site within the Adult Respiratory group (Amrani, Bradding, Brightling, Cousins, Siddiqui, Wardlaw), in collaboration with the Paediatric Airways group (Gaillard, Pandya), the Cell...
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Olga Makarova
https://le.ac.uk/people/olga-makarova
The academic profile of Dr Olga Makarova, Lecturer in Gene Expression at University of Leicester
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Leicester Students Union gets ready to refresh
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-students2019-union-is-ready-to-2018refresh2019
This Friday 19 January marks the start of the Students’ Union’s Refreshers 2018 - kicking off Spring Term with sweet treats, a Refreshers fair and even an afternoon of trampolining.
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Institutes and centres
https://le.ac.uk/cls/research/institutes
Browse our range of research institutes and centres, showcasing the very best in medical and health sciences.
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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.
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Sounds Familiar – a busy winter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/05/04/sounds-familiar/
What the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project has been doing during the winter of 2021
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Scientists see detailed makeup of deadly toxin for the first time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/scientists-2018see2019-detailed-make-up-of-deadly-toxin-for-the-first-time
L-R: Professor Peter Moody, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Professor Russell Wallis of the Departments of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation and Molecular and Cell Biology and Professor Peter Andrew, Head of Department of Infection, Immunity and...
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Potential new targets for cancer treatments identified by Leicester research team
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/potential-new-targets-for-cancer-treatments-identified-by-leicester-research-team
An international consortium of scientists led by a group from the University has announced a new advance in understanding the mechanisms of cancer and how to target it more effectively with new treatments.