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Makers of Modern Biomedicine: A Register
(2017)An illustrated register of the contributors to the Witness Seminars. -
The Therapeutic Implications of Muscular Dystrophy Genomics
(2017)With an introduction by Professor Jan Witkowski, this Witness Seminar transcript presents an account of the therapeutic implications of muscular dystrophy genomics. The participants provide insights into the clinical and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 Development of Waste Management in the UK c.1960–c.2000
(2015)A Witness Seminar on developments in the waste management industry and the production of waste in the UK since the 1960s, with a particular focus on London. The volume includes testimonies from former refuse collectors, ... -
A History of Bovine TB c.1965–c.2000
(2015)A Witness Seminar looking at the history of bovine TB from the mid-1960s to c.2000, chaired by Professor Wyn Grant and introduced by Professor Keir Waddington, with contributions from veterinary scientists, biologists, ... -
Human Gene Mapping Workshops c.1973-c.1991
(2015)This Witness Seminar discusses the scientific origins of gene mapping and emergence of the Human Gene Mapping Workshops (HGMW). From HGM1 in Yale (1973) to HGM11 in London (1991), key scientists, based principally in the ... -
The Development of Brain Banks in the UK c.1970–c.2010
(2015)This Witness Seminar on the development of brain banks in the UK, chaired by Professor Hugh Perry, included several neuropathologists, neuroscientists, and representatives of individual brain banks and the MRC’s UK Brain ... -
The Development of Narrative Practices in Medicine c.1960–c.2000
(2015)Chaired by Professor Brian Hurwitz (King’s College), this Witness Seminar discusses the origins and evolution of ‘narrative medicine’ as an intellectual and educational field. Featuring the testimonies of contributors from ... -
The Recent History of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
(2014)The variation of mood with the seasons has been acknowledged for a long time. It was in 1984 that the term Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) was first used in a paper by Norman Rosenthal and colleagues at the National ... -
Monoclonal Antibodies to Migraine: Witnesses to Modern Biomedicine, an A–Z
(2014)The History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group hosted its first Witness Seminar, on monoclonal antibodies, in 1993. Since then more than sixty such meetings have been held, the most recent on migraine in 2013. These all ... -
Migraine: Diagnosis, Treatment and Understanding c.1960–2010
(2014)There are around eight million migraine sufferers in the UK today. This Witness Seminar looked at the last 50 years of research into the diagnosis and treatment of the condition and the changing attitudes of the medical ... -
Clinical Molecular Genetics in the UK c.1975–c.2000
(2014)Chaired by Professor Martin Bobrow and introduced by Professor Bob Williamson, this Witness Seminar included geneticists from a broad range of research and clinical specialities. Discussions of molecular research into ... -
Drugs Affecting 5-HT Systems
(2013)This full-day Witness Seminar, chaired by Professor Rod Flower, was attended by pharmacologists from industry, academe and clinicians, some of whose research into 5-HT (serotonin) dated from the 1950s and all of whom have ... -
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 ...
