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DNA, genes and chromosomes
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/dna
The study of DNA is crucial for developing new treatments and other modern day problems. Here at The University of Leicester we provide a range of information for different levels of education to aid studies.
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New targeted oral treatments for severe asthma to be studied
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/18-targeted-oral-treatments-for-severe-asthma
A £2.68 million study to investigate the effective use of antibiotics to treat certain types of severe asthma is being spearheaded by researchers in Leicester.
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What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/grasshopper-mandibles
But analysis of the ecological importance of grasshoppers is not straightforward, and finding out what they eat requires detailed study of the contents of their guts or painstaking and time-consuming observations of how they feed in the wild. There is, however, a better way.
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Two new Heads of School announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/new-cssah-heads
Two new Heads of School have been appointed within the University of Leicester’s College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CSSAH). Lisa Smith, Professor of Criminology at the University of Leicester, has been appointed as the Head of the School of Criminology.
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Previous Student and Staff Co-chairs
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/people/previous-co-chairs
Learn about founding members of MedRACE, and MedRACE student co-chairs 2020-2023.
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AccessLeicester
https://le.ac.uk/study/schools-and-colleges/post-16/progression-programmes/access-leicester
Information for post-16 years on our Access Leicester progression programme at University of Leicester.
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Leicestershire's Chief Constable speaks about his time at the University and what policing means to him
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/rob-nixon
Leicestershire’s Chief Constable Rob Nixon, has spoken of the importance of his journey through Higher Education
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Manifesto for Change
https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/research/manifesto-for-change
The Centre for Hate Studies and Protection Approaches have partnered to address spiralling levels of hate crime and deepening community divisions, exacerbated by the absence of a Hate Crime Action Plan.
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Ground-breaking discovery could pave the way for new therapies to prevent cardiovascular disease and stroke
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/cholesterol-cells-stroke-cardiovascular
Researchers at the University of Leicester have discovered the mechanism by which cholesterol in our diet is absorbed into our cells
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Research explores what Google can tell us about the memory web in the brain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-explores-what-google-can-tell-us-about-the-memory-web-in-the-brain
A new study by researchers from the Centre for Systems Neuroscience at our University, in collaboration with the University of California Los Angeles, has helped to untangle ‘the memory web’ by shedding light on how neurons in memory-related areas provide a long-term coding...