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Can isolation lead to manipulation?
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Bringing biotech to the people
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The tale of the toxic kidneys
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Can our sexual desires be transformed?
In the 1950s, many psychiatrists thought that homosexuality could be reformed. One found that it couldn’t – and his discoveries led to a change in the law.
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Descriptive catalogue of the exhibit of the Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories at the International Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 : exhibit no.15. British Chemical Section. Liberal Arts Building / Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories.
Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories.Date: 1904- Books
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Descriptive catalogue of the exhibit of the Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories at the International Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 : exhibit no. 15, British Chemical Section, Liberal Arts Building.
Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories.Date: 1904- Archives and manuscripts
Turin International Exhibition. Diploma for Grand Prize. Group 24 Class 162. Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories.
Date: 1911Reference: WF/M/C/222Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Turin International Exhibition. Diploma for Grand Prize. Group XVIII Class 121. The Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories.
Date: 1911Reference: WF/M/C/215Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Turin International Exhibition. Diploma for Silver Medal. Group XVIII Class 121. Awarded to A.T. Glenny, Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories
Date: 1911Reference: WF/M/C/199Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd