News and features: 2002

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December

Genome Campus extension progresses 20 Dec 2002 A brighter future for science in schools 01 Dec 2002 Feature Understanding and engagement:The changing face of science and society 01 Dec 2002 Feature The cutting edge: Life-changing surgery for epilepsy 01 Dec 2002 Feature Baring all for Britain: Photographs from the early 20th century available for consultation 01 Dec 2002 Feature Telling it like it is: Media, science and the public 01 Dec 2002 Feature Set on slaughter: Why the UK stuck to its guns in controlling foot and mouth disease 01 Dec 2002 Feature Refreshing art: The relationship between science and art 01 Dec 2002 Feature Quirks, strangeness and charm: Scientific headlines in the press 01 Dec 2002 Feature Public engagement projects: Three projects that encourage debate 01 Dec 2002 Feature Portraits of autism: Photographs provide insight into young children's life with autism 01 Dec 2002 Feature Out and about: Aversion therapies of the 1960s and 70s 01 Dec 2002 Feature New channels to therapy? Combining nanotechnology and tissue engineering 01 Dec 2002 Feature Life in a northern town: Public engagement at the Newcastle science centre 01 Dec 2002 Feature Going public: Public attitudes to science and research 01 Dec 2002 Feature Getting engaged: Consultations and public opinions 01 Dec 2002 Feature Genes, environment or something else?: Nature-nurture discussion and the mother's womb 01 Dec 2002 Feature Foundling fathers: Grant is helping the Foundling Museum reveal its origins 01 Dec 2002 Feature Be prepared:Interactions with the media can go well, with careful planning 01 Dec 2002 Feature The art, myth and science of change: 'Metamorphing' exhibition at the Science Museum 01 Dec 2002 Feature Sustainable science: Public engagement in the classroom 01 Dec 2002 Feature Engaging science: Public engagement at the Wellcome Trust 01 Dec 2002 Feature Virtual pain relief: 'Virtual limb' could provide pain relief from phantom limb pain 01 Dec 2002
November

Truth & Beauty: Incorporating the Biomedical Image Awards 2002 01 Nov 2002 The measure of man 01 Nov 2002 Plans to extend leading genome campus get go-ahead 01 Nov 2002
October

Sir John Sulston awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine: Wellcome Trust comment 01 Oct 2002 Malaria CD wins international award 01 Oct 2002 Double success in fight against Malaria 01 Oct 2002 4 million funding scheme for developing country ethics announced by Wellcome Trust 01 Oct 2002
September

Unique Medical Venture in Vietnam 01 Sep 2002 Marina Warner co-curates new Science Museum exhibition 01 Sep 2002 Cleft Lip And Palate Gene Identified 01 Sep 2002 Childhood images of autism 01 Sep 2002 Feature Writing the field hospital manual:Military archives prove a valuable resource for Army doctor 01 Sep 2002 Feature A Martian glove compartment: Technology developed for a trip to Mars could aid biomedical scientists 01 Sep 2002 Feature Occupation: Malcolm Young's JIF building is finally ready to welcome its occupants 01 Sep 2002 Feature Mini methuselahs: Ageing lessons from flies and worms 01 Sep 2002 Feature Love lessons: Science Centrestage gets students thinking 01 Sep 2002 Feature Hospitals and history: The role of the hospital in the developing world 01 Sep 2002 Feature Growing pains: The genetics of skeletal disorders 01 Sep 2002 Feature Fridge magnate: How a Wellcome Trust grant led to the re-making of history 01 Sep 2002 Feature Fat is a physiologist issue: An integrated approach to obesity and diabetes 01 Sep 2002 Feature Dissecting psychosis: Towards a clearer picture of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder 01 Sep 2002 Feature Death in Monte Carlo: The final resting place of Silas Mainville Burroughs 01 Sep 2002 Feature The unkind cut:Bringing to light the forgotten origins of lobotomy 01 Sep 2002 South Africa Centre opening 01 Sep 2002 Public engagement grants 01 Sep 2002 Funding for UK Biobank 01 Sep 2002 Functional genomics: thematic projects and biomedical resources 01 Sep 2002 Functional genomics: thematic project awards 01 Sep 2002
July

Spending Review 2002 01 Jul 2002 Sciart and Science on Stage & Screen symposium 01 Jul 2002 Animal health tops the bill 01 Jul 2002
June

Scientists identify gene involved in 70 per cent of melanomas 01 Jun 2002 Medieval manuscript saved for the nation 01 Jun 2002 Ground breaking research at Manchester's new clinical facility 01 Jun 2002 Bill Burns: Everything I Could Buy on eBay about Malaria 01 Jun 2002
May

New Boost in Hunt for Life on Mars 01 May 2002 International Team of Researchers Assembles Draft Sequence of Mouse Genome 01 May 2002 New Health Programme for S & SE Asia and the Pacific 01 May 2002 Feature A Ukraine brain gain: A Wellcome Trust-funded neuroscientist's fascination with the brain 01 May 2002 Feature Positively healthy: The Pioneer Centre, then and now 01 May 2002 Feature Playing the field: Studying ladybirds could shed light on the spread of STDs in human populations 01 May 2002 Feature Loading the dice: Genes and the insurance industry 01 May 2002 Feature Life skills: The new Citizenship Curriculum and biomedical issues 01 May 2002 Feature Lethal immunity: Investigating the parasitic infection of cattle that triggers abortions 01 May 2002 Feature Learning to be a doctor: In charge for the first time 01 May 2002 Feature Building Britney: Using drama to stimulate children's interest in science 01 May 2002 Feature Breaking the news 01 May 2002 Feature Axolotls and arteries: The genetic control of blood formation 01 May 2002 Feature Vitreous circles: Sea creatures are the focus of the latest science-art exhibition 01 May 2002 Feature Brain power: Science and the art of the brain 01 May 2002 Two new organisms sequenced 01 May 2002 Two Clinical Research Facilities opened 01 May 2002 Professor Roy Porter 01 May 2002
April

Wellcome Trust Response To Nuffield Council Report 01 Apr 2002 Wellcome Trust Director announces his retirement 01 Apr 2002 Wellcome Trust applauds recommendations of the Roberts Report 01 Apr 2002 Wellcome proposal to extend Genome Campus 01 Apr 2002 The UK Biobank study gets funding go-ahead 01 Apr 2002 Conference attracts top international scientists 01 Apr 2002 Parasite takes toll on cattle 01 Apr 2002
March

Right Hand, Left Hand The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms and Cultures 01 Mar 2002 Heart risk for elderly 01 Mar 2002 David Hockney's camera obscura goes on show in new gallery at Science Museum 01 Mar 2002 sciart Award Winners 2002 01 Mar 2002
February

Feature Truth and beauty 01 Feb 2003 Feature A genome fest: 25 years of pathogen genome sequencing 01 Feb 2003 Feature Pump action: The structural biology of bacterial transporters 01 Feb 2003 Feature More than a mouthful: Bacterial populations in the mouth 01 Feb 2003 Feature Magic bullets or deadly missiles: The use and misuse of pathogen genome data 01 Feb 2003 Feature GM bugs foil terror attack: Second-prize winner of this year's Science Essay competition 01 Feb 2003 Feature Genomes in flux 01 Feb 2003 Feature Eaten alive: Bacteria offers a new way to treat persistent infections 01 Feb 2003 Feature A molecular identity card: MLST and bacterial typing 01 Feb 2003 Feature Scrambled eggs: Sexual shenanigans of germline germs 01 Feb 2003 Feature Why the fly? Insights from studies of the fruit fly 01 Feb 2003 Feature Living bone: Trust grant funds film about osteoporosis 01 Feb 2003 Wellcome Trust response to the report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research 01 Feb 2002 Wellcome Trust calls on science teachers to play an active role in citizenship curriculum 01 Feb 2002 Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka - The Glass Aquarium 01 Feb 2002
January

Ground-breaking research at new clinical facility 01 Jan 2002 Ground breaking research at new clinical facility 01 Jan 2002 Dyslexia Gene Located - Strongest Evidence Yet for Genetic Link to Reading Disorder 01 Jan 2002 Bamber Gascoigne presents universal challenge to swot-up on medical history online 01 Jan 2002 Ten starters from medical history 01 Jan 2002

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