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Technology, Techniques, and Technicians at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) c.1960-c.2000
(2016)
With an introduction by Dr Jim Smith, the last Director of the NIMR at Mill Hill, this Witness Seminar looks at the work of the technicians who supported the scientific research at the Institute in the latter half of the ...
Historical Perspectives on Rural Medicine
(2017)
Introduced by Professor Geoffrey Hudson, this volume comprises edited transcripts of two Witness Seminars held in 2010 and 2015 on the history and development of rural medicine. Participants in London and others world-wide ...
Air Pollution Research in Britain c.1955–c.2000
(2016)
A Witness Seminar on the history of air pollution research in the UK, with discussion on investigations by the MRC Air Pollution Unit at Barts (1955–1978) into impacts on respiratory health, and more recent research into ...
Medical Genetics: Development of Ethical Dimensions in Clinical Practice and Research
(2016)
A Witness Seminar on the emergence of complex ethical issues in clinical genetics practice, the evolution of these issues over several decades of advances in medical genetics research and social change, and the professionalization ...
The Recent History of Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF)
(2016)
With an introduction by Professor Jon Cohen, this Witness Seminar focuses on the recent history of TNF and its identification as a therapeutic target for rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases. The participants provide ...
Pharmacology & Drug Discovery
(2017-06-14)
The History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group originated in 1990 as the Wellcome Trust’s History of Twentieth Century Medicine Group, which in October 2000 became a part of the Wellcome Trust’s Centre for the History ...
Clinical Cancer Genetics: Polyposis and Familial Colorectal Cancer c.1975-c.2010
(2013)
Colorectal, or bowel, cancers are the third most commonly-diagnosed type of cancers. Chaired by Professor Peter Harper, this Witness Seminar examines breakthroughs in medical research that have determined the genetic basis ...
Palliative Medicine in the UK c.1970-2010
(2013)
Palliative medicine and the modern hospice movement developed in the UK from the late 1960s onwards. St Christopher’s Hospice, Sydenham, founded by Dame Cicely Saunders, opened in 1967 as the first modern hospice which ...
Makers of Modern Biomedicine: A Register
(2017)
An illustrated register of the contributors to the Witness Seminars.
Environmental, Public & Global Health
(2017-05-18)
The History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group originated in 1990 as the Wellcome Trust’s History of Twentieth Century Medicine Group, which in October 2000 became a part of the Wellcome Trust’s Centre for the History ...
