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Student named national cancer charity’s top volunteer

An exceptional University of Kent student who steered the student-led group Kent Marrow to sign up over 100 people to the national bone marrow donor register has been named as a top volunteer by blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan.  Katy Burnett, … Continue reading

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‘These children will have only two biological parents, not three’

Professor Darren Griffin, a genetics and fertility expert at the University of Kent, has commented on the government’s decision to allow the creation of babies using DNA from three people. The new IVF technique could help eradicate inherited diseases within … Continue reading

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Scientific breakthrough reveals how vitamin B12 is made

A scientific breakthrough by researchers at the University of Kent has revealed how vitamin B12/antipernicious anaemia factor is made – a challenge often referred to as ‘the Mount Everest of biosynthetic problems’. Vitamin B12 is pieced together as an elaborate … Continue reading

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