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The power of touch

17 Jun 2021

As a major Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition explores human touch through 4,000 years of art, Cambridge researchers explain why this sense is so...

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“Where you are going is more important than how fast you are going”

‘Light skin’ gene mirrors socio-cultural boundaries in Indian population

13 Nov 2013

Latest research shows that the presence of the genetic mutation for lighter skin - found in “almost 100%” of Europeans - broadly conforms to many...

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brain cells from skin cells

Under the Microscope #12 - Brain cells from skin cells

28 Feb 2012

This is a beautiful image of human brain cells, which can now be grown from adult skin cells.

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Underside mouse skin

Under the Microscope #10 - Mouse tail skin

21 Feb 2012

The epidermis, which is the outer layer of mammalian skin, is maintained by numerous stem cell populations.

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Intestinal cells

Stem cell casino

18 Mar 2011

A shake of the dice and a nod from the neighbour – new facets of stem cell biology uncovered when methods in theoretical physics were used to solve a...

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