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Humans, Animals and Disease
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar7073
Module code: AR7073 In this module you’ll be examining skeletons to decipher whether or not disease has been present. You’ll be differentiating between pathology and pseudo-pathology to identify common diseases encountered in animal and human skeletons.
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Could human tissue be used by researchers in place of animal models
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/could-human-tissue-be-used-by-researchers-in-place-of-animal-models
Professor Peter Bradding from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation is involved in a research project examining how to expand the use of human lung tissue to reduce the use of animal tissue in research.
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Neurobiology and Animal Behaviour
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs2077
Module code: BS2077 This module will provide a sound understanding of both the neural and the evolutionary basis of animal behaviour.
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Neurobiology and Animal Behaviour
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/bs2077
Module code: BS2077 This module will provide a sound understanding of both the neural and the evolutionary basis of animal behaviour.
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Neurobiology and Animal Behaviour
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/bs2077
Module code: BS2077 This module will provide a sound understanding of both the neural and the evolutionary basis of animal behaviour.
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New research highlights how environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/new-research-highlights-how-environment-plays-key-role-in-changing-movement-behaviour-of-animals
Researchers from our Department of Mathematics have developed a theory which explains how small animals, such as bats, insects and birds, adjust their movement behaviour based on cues within their environment.
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Report suggests democratisation is key to protecting animals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/report-suggests-2018democratisation2019-is-key-to-protecting-animals
A groundbreaking new report from the Centre for Animals and Social Justice, and involving Leicester research, recommends fundamental changes to the way the government makes animal welfare policy.
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Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body (AWERB)
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/animal-welfare/awerb
The Division of Biomedical Services licence with the Home Office ensures that each breeding, supplying and user establishment has an Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body (AWERB) in place.
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Student initiative seeks to improve global animal welfare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/student-initiative-seeks-to-improve-global-animal-welfare
A student initiative led by the University of Leicester’s Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Chapter is seeking to improve animal welfare on a global scale.
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Groundbreaking research identifies what makes human brains – and humans – unique in the animal world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/14-concept-cells
A neuroscientist at the University of Leicester has identified a fundamental difference between human and animal brains. This breakthrough, published today in the journal Cell, offers an explanation for what makes Homo sapiens so vastly different from even our nearest relatives.