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  • Genetically modified plants

    Genetically modified plants: questions and answers

  • Genetic technologies

    What can and should genetic technologies be used for?

    • Journal - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

    The Medawar Lecture 1998 Is science dangerous?

    Jun 10, 2005 - The idea that science is dangerous is deeply embedded in our culture, particularly in literature, yet science provides the best way of understanding the world. Science is not the same as technology. In contrast to technology, reliable scientific

    Lewis Wolpert

    Journal - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences

    The mechanism of interferon production

    Sep 24, 1982 - Interferons are formed when most cells are treated with viruses or double-stranded RNA (to form IFN-α or β, or both) or when lymphoid cells are treated with mitogens or the appropriate antigen (to form IFN-γ). Interferon-α and β are formed as a

    Stem cell and embryo research

    The Royal Society regularly evaluates developments in stem cell and embryo research through its independent stem cell group. ... This document summarises the Society's position on stem cell and embryo research, including on interspecies embryos with

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    How we make blood: a stem cell story

    Dr Elisa Laurenti (Wellcome Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow) from the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute will talk to you about blood stem cells, explain why they are among the most ... powerful cells in our body, and why cooperation between different

    MRC: Use of human stem cell lines

    In May 2004 the Royal Society submitted a response to consultations by the Medical Research Council on the Use of Human Stem Cell Lines and the Codes of Practice for the ... UK Stem Cell Bank.

    Adult stem cells could treat tooth loss

    To grow a new tooth requires two types of cell, epithelial cells and mesenchymal stem cells. ... Dr Tucker studies the signals from cells in the stem cell rich dental lamina, to see how they trigger the formation of new teeth in these animals.

    Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize

    Read more. Dr Shukry James Habib. Dr Shukry James Habib is a Principal Investigator and a Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at ... His research focuses on mechanisms of breaking cellular symmetry of stem cells