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Evolution in Health and Disease
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs2071
Module code: BS2071 The old chestnut says “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution”. Given that medicine is a subset of biology, evolution must also be of importance to those interested in human health and disease.
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Boom Literature: Language and Creation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sp3134
Module code: SP3134 In this module we will study the work of four authors: Carlos Fuentes (Mexico), Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina), Rosario Castellanos (Mexico) and Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia).
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Routine screening of relatives of aortic disease patients could save lives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/routine-screening-of-relatives-of-aortic-disease-patients-could-save-lives
Routine screening and genetic testing of the relatives of patients suffering from aortic diseases could save lives, new research has shown.
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Premature birth associated with increased risk of heart disease in mothers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/premature-birth-associated-with-increased-risk-of-heart-disease-in-mothers
A study involving researchers from our University has found the risk of death in later life due to coronary heart disease doubles in women who give birth prematurely.
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Bishop of Leicester praises Richard III discovery for becoming a nations story
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/bishop-of-leicester-praises-looking-for-richard-project
The Right Reverend Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester has praised the discovery of Richard III as being a story that has gripped the nation in the speech he gave during the reinterment of Richard III on Thursday 26 March at Leicester Cathedral.
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Leicester prepares for Junos arrival at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-prepares-for-juno2019s-arrival-at-jupiter
4 July will see the arrival of the NASA spacecraft Juno at Jupiter where soon after it will begin its orbit insertion manoeuvre of the giant planet.
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Video interview with street artist released
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/video-interview-with-street-artist-released
A video interview with street artist Stewy, who created artwork in our University Library, has now been released. Stewy created his image of Orton in The Little Theatre and in the Library to mark the 50th anniversary of Orton’s death.
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Material Centre at CONEXS 2022 in Newcastle, 30th March to 1st April.
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/news/material-centre-at-conexs
The Collaborative Network for X-ray Spectroscopy (CONEXS) aims to establish a UK community for X-ray spectroscopy, focusing on nurturing the synergy between experiment and theory.
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Past conferences
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/urban-history-group/past-conferences
Details on the past conferences that the Centre of Urban History has attended.
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Genetics: Evolution and Gene Expression
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/nt4003
Module code: NT4003 'Evolutionary Genetics' gives you an introductory overview of the genetic basis for the evolution of genes, genomes, and phenotypes from both theoretical and experimental perspectives.