Taking a shot

Taking a shot at Parkinson’s

15 October 2014

Just one shot of dopamine cells derived from stem cells could be enough to reverse many of the features of Parkinson’s disease for decades –...

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“Trust me, I’m a banker”

14 October 2014

In a post-­crash economy, the financial industry has taken a severe hammering in the courts of public approval. Banks have never been trusted less. In...

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Stem cells show auxeticity; the nucleus expands, rather than thins, when it's stretched

Stem cell physical

10 October 2014

Looking at stem cells through physicists’ eyes is challenging some of our basic assumptions about the body’s master cells.

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