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What is saffron
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/what-is-saffron
Did you know that you need to collect about 200,000 flowers to produce just one kilo of saffron? The labour needed to produce it is just one of the many reasons that make the spice the world's most expensive agricultural product.
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Professorial Inaugural Lecture Series for spring 2017 announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/professorial-inaugural-lecture-series-for-spring-2017-announced
The University's Professorial Inaugural Lecture Series, which allow all new professors the opportunity to share their cutting-edge research with the public, has been unveiled with a new programme covering a diverse range of topics.
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About
https://le.ac.uk/social-epigenetics-lab/about
The University of Leicester social epigenetics lab is researching DNA methylation in insect models to investigate how it affects bees' social biology and environmental response.
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The Business world and retail
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/business
Learn more about the collections about business and retail in the East Midlands Oral History Archive.
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Discovery of a new gene enables the diagnosis for patients with rare lung disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/hirst
As part of a large international research collaboration, scientists at the University of Leicester have helped identify a new candidate gene involved in the development of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD).
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Blood cancer breakthrough offers clues for tailored patient treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/blood-cancer-breakthrough-offers-clues-for-tailored-patient-treatment
Patients with blood cancer could be offered a tailored course of treatment in the future, after Leicester academics successfully trialled the use of liquid biopsies to help predict how successfully patients would respond to treatment.
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Expert opinions cover North Korea sex work and freedom of speech in Russia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/expert-opinions-cover-north-korea-sex-work-and-freedom-of-speech-in-russia
In an article for The Conversation, Professor Teela Sanders from the Department of Criminology has discussed the importance of moving towards a legal and policy framework which addresses the practicalities of sexual labour in the 21st century.
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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/2/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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20% of women have experienced some kind of sexual assault since the age of 16
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/20-of-women-have-experienced-some-kind-of-sexual-assault-since-the-age-of-16/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 Latest shocking data from the UK Office of National Statistics. This compares with 4% of men. See the methodology and full report on the website.
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Experts outline how to reduce COVID-19 health inequalities for ethnic minority groups
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/covid-ethnic-minority
An international collaborative, led by the University of Leicester and University of Manchester, has published a new paper that outlines ways to reduce COVID-19 health inequity for ethnic minority groups