Treatment for ageing is possible

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Researchers at the University of Sunderland, England, foresee the development of drugs that could retard aging. The molecular gerontology team at the university sees aging as linked to a small group of genes. Some symptoms of aging, like wasting muscles, may be counteracted by drugs, but the total lifespan is not likely to be changed. Research on aging can also provide insights into cancer which tends to appear in old tissue though cancer cells appear to be young cells.

Social aspects, Aging, Research, Death, Gerontology

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Review 'papers over cracks'

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Academic leaders have warned that newly unveiled proposals designed to create a fairer, more transparent university admissions systems will only have a limited impact on attempts to widen access. The recommendations, from an admissions task-force led by Steven Schwartz, vice-chancellor of Brunel University, suggest that universities should, on a case-by-case basis, make offers of lower-grade entry requirements to state school pupils who show academic potential.

United Kingdom, Product standards, safety, & recalls, Government domestic functions, Organizational history, Standards, Reports, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Company organization, Education policy

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Cuts looming as students fail to sign up

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Some UK universities face financial penalties for failing to meet ambitious government targets for boosting student numbers. The Higher Education Funding Council for England made 19,500 extra places available for 2000 to 2001, but it appears that only 6,000 have been filled.

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