Huangpu is a district of pigeon fanciers and the skies over Shanghai have seen birds racing back to their coops for the best part of a century. Words and pictures by Jonathan Browning.
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Nobel winner discusses early views of career
Oct 9, 2012
In London, John Gurdon, 79, who has won the Nobel Prize for medicine for work in cell programming, talks about his long career. Shinya Yamanaka of Japan was the co-winner. Their work has raised dreams of replacement tissue for people crippled by disease.
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