Decoding life

26 August 2003
What do a computer programmer, a lab technician and a sociologist all have in common? They have all attended courses in genetics at the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE). Now the Institute has expanded its genetics course to a two-year Certificate Programme which starts for the first time this Autumn.
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Westward ho!

20 August 2003
The University of Cambridge’s new science and technology development at West Cambridge will be put under the microscope over the coming months in a review of the masterplan; the blueprint for how the site will develop over the next few years.
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Science in the summer

15 August 2003

A group of Cambridge University students will be bringing their own brand of fun science to seaside resorts over the next two weeks. Meanwhile back at the University staff from the Cavendish Laboratory will be offering tours of the Observatory as part of National Astronomy Week.

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RNAi deal

08 August 2003

A patent application based on pioneering research at the University of Cambridge has generated an exclusive licence agreement between Cancer Research Technology Limited (CRT) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. The research into gene expression in mammals was undertaken by Dr Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz and colleagues Dr Florence Wianny, Professors David Glover and Martin Evans at the University, with funding from Cancer Research UK.

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Pause for thought

08 August 2003
Women who have only a very short interval between pregnancies are at an increased risk of complications such as premature birth, neonatal death, and low birth weight, say researchers in this week's BMJ.
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Dispelling the myths

04 August 2003
Teenagers from ethnic minority communities around the UK arrived in Cambridge yesterday (3 August) for a free week-long summer school organised by GEEMA (the Group to Encourage Ethnic Minority Applications to the University of Cambridge).
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Shedding new light on galaxies

28 July 2003
New research on dwarf spheroidal galaxies by a team of astronomers from the University of Cambridge promises a real astronomical first: detection, for the first time, of the true outer limits of a galaxy.
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25 years of IVF

28 July 2003
Louise Brown, a 25 year old postal worker from Bristol was in Cambridge on Saturday (25 July) to celebrate her birthday, sharing it with over 1,000 other guests.
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Students visit Baltic states

22 July 2003
Many Eastern European countries are poised to join the European Union in 2004, and this will have a significant impact on UK businesses. A team of 24 Master's graduates of the Department of Manufacturing Engineering have returned from a visit to the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to see these opportunities at first hand. They presented their findings last week in a symposium and are also publishing a report.
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