Marking the 350th Anniversary of the Indenture of Agreement (5th September 1674) made between George Ravenscroft of London, Gent of one party, and John Steward the Elder, Humphrey Kilby, John Kempster, and forty-two others, all Glass-Sellers of London of the…

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Background: A mechanistic basis for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) initiation in never smokers, a disease with high frequency EGFR mutations (EGFRm), is unknown. Air pollution particulate matter (PM) is known to be associated with the risk of NSCLC, however…

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Background: The finding of the Gloucester can legitimately be called the most important event for British maritime history since the Mary Rose was located in 1971 and raised in 1982. This talk will outline the sensational history of the wreck…

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Dr Rachel Clarke is an NHS palliative care doctor and the author of three Sunday Times bestselling non-fiction books about medicine. Breath taking (2021) reveals how she and her colleagues confronted COVID-19 during the pandemic’s first wave in 2020. Dear…

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