Stories
- Article
Why are women more willing donors than men?
Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?
- Article
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.
- Book extract
What the wind can bring
In this extract from ‘This Book is a Plant’, Amanda Thomson shares a newfound fascination with flowers, and reveals why our relationship with plants can also be complicated.
- Book extract
My important, ridiculous nose
The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.
Catalogue
- Journals
Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.
Cambridge Stem Cell InstituteDate: 2012-- Books
Stem cell research and science : background and issues / Brendan E. Aylesworth, editor.
Date: [2010], ©2010- Books
Stem cells and the future of regenerative medicine / Committee on the Biological and Biomedical Applications of Stem Cell Research, Board on Life Sciences National Research Council, Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Institute of Medicine.
Date: [2002], ©2002- Books
Stem cell research and regulations under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 / Alex Sleator.
Sleator, Alex.Date: 2000- Audio
Stem cell research.
Date: 2005