Cellular

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Sciences & Technology

Understanding how a cell becomes a person - with maths

There are trillions of cells in the human body, and researchers are developing new mathematics to understand how they work

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Health & Medicine

Deciphering ‘cell talk’ to understand our evolution

By understanding how cells communicate, we can get insights into how all forms of multicellular life first came to exist and the origins of some of the diseases that still affect us

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Sciences & Technology

Finding the building blocks of wood

Scientists are looking inside plant cells to learn how wood is formed and how that process can help develop materials for the future

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Health & Medicine

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Podcast

Staying healthy in old age

Geriatrician Andrea Maier on the cellular basis of ageing and how to change the script

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