Stories
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It’s getting mighty crowded
Mid-20th-century population-density research on mice produced a whiskered apocalypse, predicted to become the fate of humans too. But perhaps a more compassionate approach could fend this off.
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Sacred cows and nutritional purity in India
Apoorva Sripathi explores the complex reasons behind India’s recent boom in all things dairy – beginning with a 1970s Western food-aid programme.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Medical Research Council (MRC) - Human Genetics Unit
Date: 1992Reference: SB/4/1/425Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection- Archives and manuscripts
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Microscope image referenced as "Human cartilage incubated with staph. [staphylococcus] cultures in broth (Lock)" Produced by the MRC Biophysics Research Unit Department of Biophysics, King's College London
Martin, A. V.Date: March 1952Reference: KDBP/1/1/0617Part of: King's College London Department of Biophysics- Archives and manuscripts
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Microscope image referenced as "Human ganglion untreated"
Martin, A. V.Date: March 1952Reference: KDBP/1/1/0613Part of: King's College London Department of Biophysics- Archives and manuscripts
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X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "Human DNA"
Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick, 1916-2004Date: June 1953Reference: KDBP/1/1/0988Part of: King's College London Department of Biophysics- Archives and manuscripts
Dr Shirley Ratcliffe and the Edinburgh MRC Clinical and Population Cytogenetics Unit Study of Long Term Outcomes for Children Born with Sex Chromosome Abnormalities
Ratcliffe, Dr Shirley Geraldine (b.1932)Date: 1942-2010Reference: PP/SRA