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Long-term potentiation – 50 years on

His discoveries have broad implications for the control of cell-cell communication throughout the nervous system. ... He is using his discoveries to design and develop molecules that target major cell signalling pathways in neurons and in glial cells

Flagship exhibits at the Summer Science Exhibition

Embryo models: how stem cells reveal the mysteries of development. Scientists are using stem cell-based embryo models to study the early stages of human development, raising several questions: what does ... What are stem cells? What we can learn from

Designer human tissue: coming to a lab near you

What do you mean by ‘Designer human tissue’? With recent scientific advances it is now possible to produce pluripotent stem cells from many human cell types, including blood and skin, and ... When coupled with an efficient differentiation method,