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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
