Oxford joins race for saviour antibodies
A glimmer of hope for multiple sclerosis sufferers and for those with other autoimmune diseases is offered with the opening of a research centre in Oxford dedicated to therapeutic antibodies. The...
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Do not go gently . . .
Gwyn Alf Williams, former professor of history at the Universities of York and Wales, was never one to go quietly anywhere and his funeral last month carried that tradition to the end. Punctuated by...
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Burning issues
Glasgow University has sent out a newsletter, Prospect, to thousands of residents round its West End campus, letting them know about the exciting range of events and services which the university has...
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Time and motion
Tempers were short at the end of the European Patent Office appeal hearing about whether or not a genetically engineered mouse could be patented. When officials announced that the appeal would finish...
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Nice swan, Gerald
Gerald Wilson, secretary of the Scottish Office Education and Industry Department, this week welcomed delegates to the Society for Research into Higher Education's annual conference at Heriot-Watt...
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Gabriel no angel
Alumni to be proud of No. 23 is a fine advertisement for the value of religious education. After leaving the Colegio de Teologia in Pamplona, Gabriel Urralburu's career prospered to the extent that...
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A model of life on the ocean wave
(Photograph) - A micro-organism that lives in oceans may have a dramatic effect on global warming, Aisling Irwin writes. Scientists at the Southampton Oceanography centre are modelling the micro-...
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Jet-X hitches Russian ride
An X-ray sensitive satellite developed by astronomers at Leicester University is intending to shed light on the darkest secrets of black holes. There are two types of black hole: small ones on the...
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Dynamic duo head south
(Photograph) - Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson, the leading education and employment researchers, are moving their research centre from Manchester University's faculty of education to Brunel...
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Blunder and enlightening
The Illustrated Guide to the Bible - A History of Christianity
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Diabolical liveries
The Devil
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Halo, goodbye?
Mother Teresa - The Missionary Position
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No sects please, we're British
A History of Religion in Britain - Faith and Criticism - The Christian God - Religion in Modern Britain
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Psychic shock
The Medium, The Mystic and the Physicist - The Memory of Water - Soul Searching