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27 November 2019

Sinclair Stammers, Reece Lab

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: Battle for survival at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh explores the country’s role in the fight to eliminate five deadly diseases that together affect 1 in 18 people. From 6 December.

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draws on author Sonia Contera’s adventures in molecular-scale engineering to herald the coming of age of nanotechnology, and its promise to re-engineer tissue and transform lives.

© The artist photo: David Parry/©Royal Academy of Arts

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