With the development of statistical mechanics, physicists became the first agent-based modellers. Since the scientists of the 19th century didn’t have super-computers, they couldn’t succumb to the curse of computing and had to come up with analytic treatments of their “agent-based models”. These analytic treatments were often not rigorous, and only a heuristic correspondence was […]

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By Diana Samuel, OBR-Glasgow Chapter Correspondent GLASGOW, United Kingdom – Earlier this month, OBR-Glasgow organised a discussion panel centred on the ethical issues pertaining to stem cell therapies. Stem cells have been harvested for clinical applications for several decades. Originally used as a treatment for a cancer, the potential reach of this therapy is vast. [...]The post OBR-Glasgow panel discusses the ethical issues surrounding stem cell therapies appeared first on Oxbridge […]

By Joanne Heng, OBR-Glasgow Staff Writer GLASGOW, United Kingdom – Effective communication of scientific evidence is an increasingly important skill for scientists to develop in the age of social media and global communication.  OBR recently hosted a seminar at Glasgow University on the 7th of May in which invited speakers, Ms Lindsay Hogg (Senior Investigator [...]The post OBR-Glasgow: Time to take responsibility – scientists, speak up! appeared first on Oxbridge Biotech.

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