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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nina Massey

UNBELIEVABLE: Science facility which kickstarted uk s covid drug development gets 500m - The Untold Story

PA Wire

A ground-breaking science facility which kickstarted the UK’s Covid-19 drug development and has advanced treatments for HIV and cancer has been granted a £500 million upgrade fund.

Diamond Light Source in Harwell, Oxfordshire, is the UK’s national synchrotron – essentially a giant microscope, which produces light 10 billion times brighter than the sun.

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