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Science Hails Biggest Drug Discovery

Date released

11 May 1950

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2003

NoS ID

042354

Story no

1 / 7

American research chemists perfect Terramycin, which they claim is improvement on penicillin.

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It’s Only Plastic (1991 Video)

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Features a plastic which conducts electricity and a biodegradeable plastic drug carrier which replaces 28 daily injections. Describes the chemistry and accidental chain of events which turns normally...

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Amazing Lives: Coma Miracle (2007)

aka: My Shocking Story: My Coma Miracle

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £20.00

Part of the AMAZING LIVES series of a groundbreaking medical documentaries,featuring the stories of people living with rare conditions and life-threatening illnesses. Each story involves cutting-edge new...

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Foxgloves in Medicine (1951 Film, Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A patient with mild congestive heart failure is seen before and after treatment with digoxin. A severe case of congestive heart failure with auricular fibrillation received digoxin intravenously and is also...

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Amazing Lives: Life After Burns (2007)

aka: My Shocking Story: My Coma Miracle

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £20.00

Mike Osborne almost lost his life when his plane exploded in a fireball leaving him with 80% burns. This film follows Mike’s recovery and his painful search to restore the face that once was. His search...

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AIDS: A Medical Documentary (1987 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 35 min.

Discusses the discovery of the AIDS virus and its mode of spread. Gives advice on safe sexual practices and the precautions to be taken. Covers drug addiction, maternal to foetal transmission and the...

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Research on Anthelmintics (1962 Film, Video)

Subject

Medical sciences; Veterinary science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Focusing on hookworm in man and nematodiriasis in sheep, describes in some detail the systematic procedures adopted in the evaluation of drugs for use against intestinal helminths, using the discovery and...

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Pain, Pus and Poison (2013)

Director

Ben Crichton; Alex Freeman

Producer

Ben Crichton

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £34.99

Dr Michael Mosley tells the story of how the world’s most useful and valuable drugs were created. The most poisonous toxin known to man, Botulinum, is now used as an anti-wrinkle drug called Botox. Yet it...

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Biotechnology in the 21st Century Series (4 Parts) (2010)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 4 x 25 minutes), £249.00 (series)

Biotechnology is revolutionising life in the 21st century, but with every breakthrough comes controversy. Do the benefits of stem cell technology, gene-splicing, and other advances outweigh the risks? Using...

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