Mel Greaves Science Writer of the Year 2013
The ICR’s annual Mel Greaves Science Writing Prize – named in honour of the ICR Professor of Cell Biology and popular science author Professor Mel Greaves – aims to encourage imaginative writing about science that is engaging and understandable not only for fellow scientists but also for the wider public. For the 2013 prize, we asked our researchers to come up with punchy and provocative opinion pieces or blogs about areas of science related to cancer.
From the dozens of entries it was a tough job to pick out of a shortlist of just five of the best pieces, but all this week we will be bringing you those top five stories, counting down to the overall winner on Friday.
Overall winner
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