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World Service,2 mins

London's 'cathedral of science'.

Newsday

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A massive new institute in London is filling up with 1,500 scientists who hope to change the world in which we. The Francis Crick Institute, named after one of the scientists who worked out the structure of DNA, aims to be a world-leader in medical research. Sir Paul Nurse is Director of the Francis Crick Institute, dubbed by some a "cathedral of science".

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