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
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X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "Human white blood cell"
Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick, 1916-2004Date: October 1953Reference: KDBP/1/1/1194Part of: King's College London Department of Biophysics