Painter's brush with 'heresy'

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Charlotte Houghton, assistant professor of art history at Pennsylvania State University, is to raise the question of whether or not there are allusions to a medieval heretical belief that Jesus Christ and John the Evangelist had a sexual relationship in the picture "Entombment", an unfinished altarpiece by Michelangelo which is in the National Gallery in London, UK. Houghton, who will pose the question at the Association of Art Historians' conference in Nottingham, UK, which is due to take place in week commencing 29 March 2004, notes that she does not know for certain whether or not Michelangelo intended this interpretation of his painting, but she states that it is an issue that merits discussion.

Public affairs, Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries, Visual Arts, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Criticism and interpretation, Art, Speeches, lectures and essays, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Arts/humanities software, Entombment (Painting), Houghton, Charlotte

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Sheffield protein study wins deal with Novartis

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Sheffield University has inked a multimillion-pound agreement with Novartis over the discovery of a protein fragment useful in the prevention of new blood vessel growth. Two Sheffield scientists discovered the protein fragment by chance. Novartis will use the discovery to develop treatments for cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.

Switzerland, Care and treatment, Pharmaceutical industry, Universities and colleges, Contracts, Novartis AG, Cancer, Cancer treatment, NVTSY, Sheffield University (England)

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Aquatic domes to dwarf Eden

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Scientists in the UK have unveiled plans for the Nirah Project, or National Institute for Research into Aquatic Habitats. The project will be an unique biodomed complex which it is hoped will become a world-class research centre populated with endangered animals. The 40-hectare complex is expected to be opened to the public by 2009.

Strategy & planning, Facilities & equipment, Administration of Conservation Programs, Endangered Species, Planning, Buildings and facilities, Company business planning, Aquatic animals, Biosphere reserves

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