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Stem cells, the 'building blocks' for every type of cell in the body, have tremendous potential to improve human health.

Breast cancer cells.

Breast cancer: Back to basics

16 Aug 2012
Ahead of the first in a series of pub-based science talks, called “SciBar” this evening (16 August), Hayley Frend explains why fundamental knowledge...
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Stem cells

Teaching old cells new tricks

24 Apr 2012
Much hyped by the media, stem cells have tremendous power to improve human health. As part of the Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative, Dr Ludovic Vallier’s...
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