Fire was a blessing in disguise

Following a serious fire, the labs in the Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences based in Glasgow University's Bower Building have been refitted with state-of-the-art equipment. Although valuable research and many rare botanical specimens were lost, in some ways the fire was a blessing in disguise because it gave the Faculty an opportunity to redesign and optimise its lab space.

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