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A protest against the UK’s hostile immigration environment outside the Home Office on April 30.
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Gillian McFadyen, Aberystwyth University
A culture of disbelief for asylum seekers is endemic in the British immigration system.
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Politics + Society
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Parveen Akhtar, Aston University
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Juliette Harkin, Anglia Ruskin University
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Health + Medicine
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Ian Hamilton, University of York; Harry Sumnall, Liverpool John Moores University
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Lucy Bray, Edge Hill University; Bernie Carter, Edge Hill University
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Will Kaufman, University of Central Lancashire
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Education
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Science + Technology
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Chris Barnes, UCL; Alex J H Fedorec, UCL
Synthetic biology allows us to engineer biological cells. This could help us tackle cancer in remarkable ways.
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