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08 May ‘Hysterical and passionate’ ” he doesn’t act casual but he knows how

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Published in The Independent on Sunday, May 8th, 2005. Johnnie Boden is a walking advertisement for his brand. Fresh- faced, slim and casually attired, the former public schoolboy looks just the sort of person who’d buy clothes from the Boden catalogue. The entrepreneur is also very candid,...

27 Feb Brainpower pumps up the patents at Ark: Technology: Cardiovascular

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Published in The Independent on Sunday, Feb 27, 2005. John Martin, professor of cardiovascular science at University College London and founder of Ark Ther-apeutics, is a man known to the police. It goes back to his student days. “I was driving an ice-cream van during the...

12 Dec Analysis: Shut out of the male and pale boardroom

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Published in The Independent on Sunday, Dec 12, 2004. `When I see a shortlist that includes a woman and someone from an ethnic minority, I automatically veer towards them. It’s hard for anyone to climb the greasy pole and all other factors being equal, I tend...

31 Oct Stem cell research: No ‘voodoo magic’. But maybe a miracle

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Published in The Independent on Sunday, Oct 31, 2004. The biotech industry may not have woken up to it yet, but a Saudi doctor’s accidental discovery could herald a new future for one of medical science’s most controversial breakthroughs. Maggie Lee reports. Stem cell research has become...