Stories
- Article
When contemporary dance meets dyspraxia
Discover why a rare neurological condition meant an enthusiastic club-night dancer struggled with formal dance classes. And how persisting with those classes paid off.
- Article
The Key to Memory: Write it down
Nick Dent explores what the Library of the Human Genome can tell us about how and why we remember.
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Born different
For Chris North, being born intersex in the 1940s meant his many childhood hospital visits, tests and operations were not explained or discussed. As he reveals, doctors encouraged strict secrecy.
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Busting myths about turkey-baster babies
The popular idea of sex-free, turkey-baster-led conception has been around since the 1970s. Christine Ro goes beyond the utensils drawer to find out if it’s ever really happened.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Chromosome 22 map
Date: c.1999Reference: GRL/IDN/A/2/5Part of: Ian Dunham: archives- Archives and manuscripts
'Chromosome Workshop 1989, XXY data'
Date: 1989Reference: PP/SRA/A/4/6Part of: Dr Shirley Ratcliffe and the Edinburgh MRC Clinical and Population Cytogenetics Unit Study of Long Term Outcomes for Children Born with Sex Chromosome Abnormalities- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
"Chromosome model"
Date: 1971Reference: PP/CRI/E/1/19/11Part of: Francis Crick (1916-2004): archives- Archives and manuscripts
Chromosome 21
Date: 1995Reference: PP/SUL/B/2/2/11Part of: John Sulston: archives- Archives and manuscripts
Chromosome 12
Date: April-July 1996Reference: PP/SUL/B/2/2/8Part of: John Sulston: archives