Browsing Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine Series by Author "Jones EM"

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    • Air Pollution Research in Britain c.1955–c.2000 

      Jones EM; Overy C; Tansey EM (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 ...

    • Clinical Cancer Genetics: Polyposis and Familial Colorectal Cancer c.1975-c.2010 

      Jones EM; Tansey EM (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 ...

    • Clinical Molecular Genetics in the UK c.1975–c.2000 

      Jones EM; Tansey EM (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 ...

    • The Development of Narrative Practices in Medicine c.1960–c.2000 

      Jones EM; Tansey EM (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 Development of Waste Management in the UK c.1960–c.2000 

      Jones EM; Tansey EM (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, ...

    • Human Gene Mapping Workshops c.1973-c.1991 

      Jones EM; Tansey EM (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 ...

    • Medical Genetics: Development of Ethical Dimensions in Clinical Practice and Research 

      Jones EM; Tansey EM (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 ...

    • Monoclonal Antibodies to Migraine: Witnesses to Modern Biomedicine, an A–Z 

      Jones EM; Tansey EM (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 ...

    • The Recent History of Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF) 

      Zarros A; Jones EM; Tansey EM (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 ...