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Celebrating 40 years of DNA fingerprinting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/dna-fingerprinting
Today (10 September) marks the 40th anniversary of a ground-breaking discovery that transformed the way criminal investigations were carried out: DNA fingerprinting.
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Employment lecturer authors new report on Leicesters textile sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/employment-lecturer-authors-new-report-on-leicesters-textile-sector
Dr Nik Hammer (pictured), Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Centre for Sustainable Work and Employment Futures in the School of Management - working with the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) - has authored a new report examining Leicester's textile sector.
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Virtual clinical trials could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/in-silico-lung
New cutting-edge research undertaken at the University of Leicester could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed and the way patients are cared for, through a pioneering new approach using virtual clinical trials.
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Simon Dixon: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/simon_dixon/page/3/
I am Archives and Special Collections Manager within the University Library. My role is to manage and develop the Library's and other University research collections and exploit digital technologies to reach new audiences for these collections.
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Events
https://le.ac.uk/translation-interpreting-studies/events
We organise regular research seminars and conferences and host visiting speakers. Learn more about some of our recent events in the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies.
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Charnwood Forest villagers to uncover hidden history in their own gardens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/charnwood-community-archaeology-dig
Discover how Charnwood Forest villagers are uncovering hidden history through community archaeology digs in gardens and public spaces this May.
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Project to investigate genetic roots of resistance to anti-cancer therapy agents
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/project-to-investigate-genetic-roots-of-resistance-to-anti-cancer-therapy-agents
The mechanisms that cause cancers to respond poorly to therapy are to be investigated in a project that commemorates and honours the work of an eminent Leicester geneticist.
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A Historical Long View of Posthumous Harm: Comparing organ snatching to body-snatching. By Floris To
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/05/16/organ-and-body-snatching/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on May 16, 2016 Improper Procurement and Retention Taking organs of dead children without parental permission at Alder Hey is a practice The Economist (2001) dubbed the ‘return of the body-snatchers’.
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Continuing inequalities contribute to the wide variation in rates of stillbirths and neonatal deaths across the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/perinatal
The MBRRACE-UK Collaboration, jointly led by Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) and the University of Leicester’s The Infant Mortality and Morbidity Studies (TIMMS) research group, has published a ‘State of the Nation’ report on perinatal...
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University contributes rare manuscript to major Sikh exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-contributes-rare-manuscript-to-major-sikh-exhibition
Our University is contributing a rare Sikh manuscript to a major exhibition showcasing unseen relics and artefacts from the 19th Century Anglo Sikh Wars.