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Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime
A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.
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Website showcases inspiring examples of inclusive arts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/website-showcases-inspiring-examples-of-inclusive-arts
A new website has been launched containing stories from arts organisations across the East Midlands around art practice with disabled children and young people.
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Leicester experts contribute to international consortium helping patients with rare disease diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/rare-diseases
Experts from the University of Leicester have co-coordinated a European consortium of 300 researchers to help patients with unsolved rare diseases receive a diagnosis through new genetic reanalysis
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Home Office project licence review
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/animal-welfare/awerb/home-office-project-licence-review
The University of Leicester's AWERB conducts an ethical review of all projects prior to submission to the Home Office.
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Managing Englishness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/04/23/managing-englishness/
Posted by Richard Courtney in School of Business Blog on April 23, 2014 In the run up to Saint George’s Day, Richard Courtney, Lecturer in Employment Studies at the School, underlines why the nature of ‘Englishness’ should matter to scholars and practitioners of...
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White Dwarfs
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/astrophysics/white-dwarfs
White dwarfs are the end products of the life cycles of more than 90% of all stars. This makes them important laboratories for studying stellar evolution and the behaviour of matter at extremes of temperature and density.
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August Book Group: Helena
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/09/03/august-book-group-helena/
Summary of Waugh Book Group meeting on Helena, held at Leicester Central Library on 29 August 2015.
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Bioethics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/lw7299
Module code: LW7299 This module enables students to identify, specify and weigh and balance relevant moral norms to guide and evaluate conduct as it relates to moral problems in medicine and healthcare.
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Bioethics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/lw7299
Module code: LW7299 This module enables students to identify, specify and weigh and balance relevant moral norms to guide and evaluate conduct as it relates to moral problems in medicine and healthcare.
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Bioethics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw7299
Module code: LW7299 This module enables students to identify, specify and weigh and balance relevant moral norms to guide and evaluate conduct as it relates to moral problems in medicine and healthcare.