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Mouse embryo yolk sac with human pluripotent stem cells (green) incorporated

Stem cells likely to be safe for use in regenerative medicine, study confirms

18 Dec 2015

Cambridge researchers have found the strongest evidence to date that human pluripotent stem cells – cells that can give rise to all tissues of the...

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Blastocyst embryo

Tempting fate: how to get a head in embryo development

13 Oct 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥journey from a single fertilised egg cell through to a baby delivered crying into the arms of its mother is one of the most beautiful and complex...

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Mathare, Nairobi

Building from the ground up: participatory design in Kenya’s oldest slum

05 Aug 2015

In a landmark project with UN-Habitat, a team of Cambridge researchers has designed a community centre in one of Kenya’s biggest and oldest slums...

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Race to puberty

Age of puberty in girls influenced by which parent their genes are inherited from

23 Jul 2014

̽»¨Ö±²¥age at which girls reach sexual maturity is influenced by ‘imprinted’ genes, a small sub-set of genes whose activity differs depending on which...

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‘Para Ingles ver’ (for the English to see): the other side of the World Cup

05 Jul 2014

Brazilians are famous for their love of football but millions of ordinary people are angry at the huge sums spent on the World Cup. Lucy McMahon, a...

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Cambridge appoints new development and alumni relations director

11 Mar 2013

A senior higher education development executive with considerable experience in major campaigns has been appointed by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge to...

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Kristen MacAskill at work in Christchurch, New Zealand

Where are they now?

13 Aug 2012

Last month graduates of Cambridge’s MPhil course in Engineering for Sustainable Development (ESD) came back to the Engineering Department from all...

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Douglas Crawford-Brown.

Placing water into the picture for climate change

22 Aug 2011

As World Water Week, an annual week-long global conference on water provision and sustainability, begins in Stockholm, Dr Douglas Crawford-Brown...

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Live imaging of the growing tips of plants

Predictive modelling of plant growth for food and fuel

04 Jul 2011

Fundamental research on plant development at the Sainsbury Laboratory will help in the future design of optimal crops.

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La Paz, Chile

Prenatal origins of heart disease

04 Jan 2009

Studies in La Paz, the highest city in the world, are helping to uncover a link between prenatal conditions and heart disease in later life.

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