Stories
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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies
Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.
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Colonialism and the origins of skin bleaching
The widespread practice of skin bleaching was heavily influenced by the Western colonisation and slavery of African and South Asian countries. Ngunan Adamu explores this toxic history.
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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
TS of "Measurements of Chromosomes in Cultured Human Somatic Cells"
Date: 1960sReference: PENROSE/2/41/9/19Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
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Studies on the Amplification of Dihydrofolate Reductase Genes in Methotrexate Resistant Cultured Mouse Cells - Schimke, et al
Date: 1979Reference: SB/2/3/188Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection- Archives and manuscripts
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Expression of Malignant Progression in Cultured Cells, Helene S. Smith, a chapter in Molecular Biology of Tumor Viruses, edited by Watson and Tooze
Date: 1979Reference: JDW/2/3/1/64Part of: James D. Watson Collection
- Digital Images
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Cells showing tubulin and mitochondria
NIMR, Francis Crick Institute
- Digital Images
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Cells showing serotonin transporter protein
Melanie Johnson & Linda Sharp