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Innovation Nation: A blog by Europe Minister David Lidington
Britain has a proud history of innovation. UK scientists have been awarded more than 70 Nobel Prizes.
FCO Europe Minister, David Lidington
Britain has a proud history of innovation. In the field of medicine and the life sciences, we’ve brought the world penicillin, unravelled the mystery of DNA, sequenced the human genome and developed MRI scanning.
UK scientists have been awarded more than 70 Nobel Prizes. Most recently, in 2012, Cambridge Professor John Gurdon was recognised by the Nobel committee for his stem cell research.
Published 19 February 2013