Centre for Life
The Centre for Life is a “science village” in the heart of the English city Newcastle upon Tyne, located close to Central Station. Its purpose is to promote international research into genetics, to nurture spin-outs and small companies in bioscience, and to help people understand the role of our genes in health and disease.
The complex also includes the Life Science Centre, an interactive museum that looks into the origins of life, DNA and the human body.
Scientists at The Centre for Life are the first people in Europe - and only the second in the world - to get a licence for stem cell research on human embryos. The licence will allow them to work on new treatments for conditions including diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
Plans are underway to treble the size of the Centre for Life in a £250,000,000 development on derelict land beside the River Tyne, behind the Central Station.