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Research suggests people with forms of earlyonset Parkinsons disease may benefit from boosting niacin in diet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/research-suggests-people-with-forms-of-early-onset-parkinson2019s-disease-may-benefit-from-boosting-niacin-in-diet
People with certain forms of early-onset Parkinson’s disease may benefit from boosting the amount of niacin in their diet, according to new research from our University. Niacin, or Vitamin B3, is found in a variety of foods, including nuts and meat.
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Research committed to moving away from toxic chemotherapy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/research-committed-to-moving-away-from-2018toxic2019-chemotherapy
As Leicester prepares to host its event on Thursday 24 September as part of cancer survivor Rik Basra’s ‘Pass It On’ campaign, academics will showcase their research and explain what they are doing to pave the way for new leukaemia treatments in the future.
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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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Departments receive recognition for tackling gender inequality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/university-of-leicester-departments-receive-recognition-for-tackling-gender-inequality
Advance HE has announced that three University of Leicester departments are among the most recent institutions and departments to receive an Athena SWAN award, in the charter that recognises commitment to tackling gender inequality in higher education.
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Kayoko Tanaka
https://le.ac.uk/people/kayoko-tanaka
The academic profile of Dr Kayoko Tanaka, Lecturer at University of Leicester
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Beatriz Romartínez-Alonso
https://le.ac.uk/people/beatriz-romartinez-alonso
The academic profile of Dr Beatriz Romartínez-Alonso, Research Associate at University of Leicester.
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The World Bank Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/30/the-world-bank-socio-economic-database-for-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2012 http://sedlac.econo.unlp.edu.ar/eng/statistics.php Maintained by CEDLAS (Universidad Nacional de La Plata) http://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.
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Ralf Schmid
https://le.ac.uk/people/ralf-schmid
The academic profile of Dr Ralf Schmid, Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at University of Leicester
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Researchers to explore workplace regulations on vaping
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/researchers-to-explore-workplace-regulations-on-vaping
Researchers from our University will be examining the difficulties of regulating e-cigarettes and if heavy regulations could be encouraging users to move back to combustible tobacco as part of a new project funded by Cancer Research UK.
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Biomechanics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/eg3065
Module code: EG3065 In this module, you will explore how the fundamentals of mechanics, materials and structural loading can be applied to musculoskeletal systems.