Centre for Life

The Centre for Life is a “science village” in the heart of the English city Newcastle upon Tyne, located close to Central Station. Its purpose is to promote international research into genetics, to nurture spin-outs and small companies in bioscience, and to help people understand the role of our genes in health and disease. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1513 KB) Summary Centre for Life, Newcastle. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1513 KB) Summary Centre for Life, Newcastle. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... Newcastle Central Station Newcastle Central Station is the principal railway station in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ... Genetics (from the Greek genno γεννώ= give birth) is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. ... Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology is the science of life (from the Greek words bios = life and logos = word). ... This stylistic schematic diagram shows a gene in relation to the double helix structure of DNA and to a chromosome (right). ... A disease is any condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person afflicted or those in contact with the person. ...

The complex also includes the Life Science Centre, an interactive museum that looks into the origins of life, DNA and the human body. A complex is a whole that comprehends a number of parts, especially one with interconnected or mutually related parts. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... The general structure of a section of DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid —usually in the form of a double helix— that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life, and most viruses. ... Human anatomy or anthropotomy is a special field within anatomy. ...

Scientists at The Centre for Life are the first people in Europe - and only the second in the world - to get a licence for stem cell research on human embryos. The licence will allow them to work on new treatments for conditions including diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... A license or licence is a document or agreement giving permission to do something. ... Mouse embryonic stem cells. ... Embryos (and one tadpole) of the wrinkled frog (Rana rugosa). ... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ...

Plans are underway to treble the size of the Centre for Life in a £250,000,000 development on derelict land beside the River Tyne, behind the Central Station. The River Tyne can refer to two rivers in the United Kingdom: River Tyne, England River Tyne, Scotland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

External links

• Official website