Stories
- Article
Why are women more willing donors than men?
Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?
- Article
Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
- Book extract
Why the NHS is worth saving
In this extract from his latest book, ‘Free For All’, Dr Gavin Francis poses challenging questions to be addressed if a health service that’s free for all at the point of use is to remain possible.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
British Society of Cell Biology
Date: 1976-1989Reference: PP/HHA/B/5Part of: Harris, Prof Sir Henry, FRCPath (b.1925) (d.2014)- Archives and manuscripts
Society for Cell Biology
Date: 1957-1958Reference: PP/HBF/C.30Part of: Fell, Dame Honor Bridget (1900-1986)- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
(The) German Society for Cell Biology
Date: 1999Reference: SB/5/1/24Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection- Books
Laboratory manual of cell biology / edited for the British Society for Cell Biology by D.O. Hall and Shirley E. Hawkins.
Date: [1975], ©1975- Archives and manuscripts
British Society for Developmental Biology
Date: Aug 1973Reference: UGC 155/6/1Part of: Papers of Dr James Harrison Renwick, 1926-1994, geneticist, University of Glasgow, Scotland