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Future health technology needs to take into account children and young people’s preferences, say researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/health-technologies
Health technology should be easy to use, have the ability to be personalised, allow the user to choose how their information is shared and where possible, have in-built games and incentives according to children and young people
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Current view on origins of Parkinsons disease challenged by new findings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/current-view-on-origins-of-parkinson2019s-disease-challenged-by-new-findings
The neurodegeneration that occurs in Parkinson’s disease is a result of stress on the endoplasmic reticulum in the cell rather than failure of the mitochondria as previously thought, according to a study in fruit flies.
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‘One of the most remarkable men in the entire history of archaeology’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/01/one-of-the-most-remarkable-men-in-the-entire-history-of-archaeology/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on August 1, 2017 Two hundred years ago, on 1 August 1817, the adventurer-Egyptologist Giovanni Belzoni, described by Howard Carter, with good reason, as ‘one of the most remarkable men in the entire history of...
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Fraud and Corruption blog #1: Fraud and Corruption in the Classroom – Kicking the big firm dependenc
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2019/11/05/fraud-and-corruption-in-the-classroom-kicking-the-big-firm-dependency-habit-by-dr-matthew-higgins/
Posted by Matthew Higgins in School of Business Blog on November 5, 2019 In this blog Dr Matthew Higgins discusses how we can teach fraud and corruption as a socio-political, cultural and economic issue, and provide practical tools and approaches that individuals can draw...
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Genetics for schools and colleges
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics/genetics-schools-colleges
Resources Resources a student filling in a form|Genomes and genomics The complete package of genetic information needed to make a living thing - in the form of all its DNA, genes and chromosomes - is known as a genome.
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Vaccines for higher education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/vaccines/higher-education
The immune system is highly complex, bringing together a multitude of different cells and signals. Read more about the immune system through a simple overview provided by The University of Leicester.
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Backward schedule your Christmas turkey (under finite resources)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/12/06/backward-schedule-your-christmas-turkey-under-finite-resources/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on December 6, 2017 In this week’s blog, Dr Nicola Bateman, Associate Professor Operations Management ( nab34@le.ac.uk ) uses operations management to get all the bits of your Christmas dinner on the table at the same time.
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Esteemed academics from top UK universities to take part in Black in Academia panel event at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/esteemed-academics-from-top-uk-universities-to-take-part-in-2018black-in-academia2019-panel-event-at-leicester
An upcoming event at the University of Leicester will see some of Britain’s leading academic minds take part in a discussion on equality in Higher Education on Thursday 26 October.
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Discovery of how limiting damage from an asthma attack could stop disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/asthma-prevention
Leicester scientists are part of a team which has discovered a new cause for asthma that sparks hope for treatment that could prevent the life-threatening disease.
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New portrait of Sir David Attenborough revealed in city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-portrait-of-sir-david-attenborough-revealed-in-city
A stunning new portrait of Leicester honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sir David Attenborough at Leicester’s New Walk Museum has been revealed by the man himself.