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Microbes in Motion (1995 Multimedia)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

CD-ROM

A microbiology resource showing key concepts in microbiology using images, sound, animations and video: 1) Prokaryotic structure and function; 2) Bacterial metabolism and growth; 3) Gram positive bacteria in...

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Do Cows Make You Mad? (1990 Video)

Subject

Veterinary science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or ‘mad cow disease’), the mysterious brain disease in cattle first reported in 1987. Three years later a cat died of the disease, and the risk to humans...

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Bse (2 Parts) (1996 Video)

Producer

Bettina Lerner

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

2: In the 1980s people in Britain ate BSE-infected food, and the first victims of a new form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human parallel to BSE, may have already died. Asks how BSE is transmitted, what...

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Avian Flu - The Facts (2007)

Subject

Health & safety; Health Education

Distribution

Sale, DVD (10 minutes), (+VAT +P&P)

The DVD discusses the origins of Avian Flu and provides information about the disease, how it originated and how it can affect humans. It looks at: What to do in the event of an Avian Flu pandemic; How the...

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Breaking the Code: Applying Genetic Techniques to Human Disease (1996 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 38 min., 2004 sale: £39.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Outlines the principles of genetic engineering and looks at its application to the study and treatment of three major inherited diseases: haemophilia A, Huntington’s disease and cystic fibrosis.

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Human Genetics (1982 Audio)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 60 min.

Discusses continuous and discontinuous variation, recent techniques in mapping genes on particular chromosomes, the role of inheritance in susceptibility to disease, and IQ and the implications of genetics...

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Introducing the Pathogens: Disease-Causing Organisms (1995 Video)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 34 min., 2004 sale: £39.00 (+ VAT inc. p&p)

Examines the characteristics of the five major groups of pathogens that cause infectious disease - bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and worms - and the diseases they cause in humans, as well as symptoms...

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Human Genome Project, The (1993 Video)

aka: Relative Risks: The Human Genome Project

Producer

David Poyser

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the Human Genome Project, an international biology project designed to map all human DNA. Looks critically at the medical benefits that may accrue, some of the scientific techniques used, and...

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Battle Scars: An Overview of Our Defence Against Disease (1997)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 31 minutes), ££39.00

Investigates the human immune system and the body’s defences against diseas using dramatised footage, 2-D animation and photomicroscopy. . Topics covered include: a review of the types of disease and the...

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Mast Cell, The: Its Role in Health and Disease (1979 Film)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Professor Padawer discusses the findings of his 30 years’ research into the riddle of the mast cell, its structure and function. He explains the established factual evidence and puts forward hypotheses...

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