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Genetics in history

Modern genetics is built upon a long tradition of research into DNA and heredity.

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An exciting programme of activities and events commemorating the life and ideas of one of the most famous scientists in our history is launched. 09/06/08

The laboratory notebooks of double Nobel Prize winner and eminent scientist Fred Sanger have been safeguarded thanks to the commitment of funding from the Wellcome Trust. 06/08/07

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Did Alois Alzheimer really 'discover' the disease? 23/06/04
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Vidyanand Nanjundiah examines the impact of Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionist and prolific writer, who died in May 2002. 04/05/04

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"If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants." Isaac Newton
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