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Seeds for the future

Indigenous groups have a key role as guardians of biodiversity, and their knowledge could help us all preserve our world. To survive, we all need to collaborate, reject prejudice, and share what we know.

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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections

A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.

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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard

Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.

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Bringing biotech to the people

Amateur scientists have inspired all kinds of frightening scenarios, from Frankenstein’s monster to ‘The Fly’ and ‘Breaking Bad’. But it can be a force for good. Today’s DIYbio enthusiasts are having fun – and even making lucrative breakthrough discoveries.

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  • Mengo medical mission, Uganda: (left) two African scientists working in a laboratory; (right) a Ugandan medicine man and an African man pouring out medicine. Gouache painting, 1927.
  • Dictionaire des sciences médicales. Biographie médicale ... / [Edited by A.J.L. Jourdan].
  • Edward Jenner. Line engraving by A. M. Monsaldi after J. Northcote and J. R. Smith.
  • Michel Jean Baptiste de Wenzel. Stipple engraving by J. Condé, 1789, after himself.
  • Michel Jean Baptiste de Wenzel. Stipple engraving by J. Condé, 1789, after himself.
  • Christian Perizonius. Line engraving attributed to S. van Lamseerde, 1654.
  • Frederick John Mouat: sketch for a vase and salver presented to him as Professor of Medicine, Bengal Medical College, 1854. Lithograph with wash design pasted over.
  • Mesue. Watercolour.
  • John Abernethy. Coloured etching by S. W. Fores, 1825.
  • William Cheselden: profile. Line engraving by A. R. Freebairn after a medal by W. Wyon, 1829.
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