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The Inventive Brits: Solar Boat

Date released

1980

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

254

NoS ID

352402

Story no

2 / 3

COI synopsis: George Stephenson and Logie Baird are just two of a sterling breed of men who love inventing things: the British. Whether it’s in a tiny shed at the bottom of the garden or in a large...

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Stem Cells (2007)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 NTSC, 34 minutes), $109.00

Shows James Thomson’s laboratory at the University of Wisconsin where embryonic stem cells were first cultured. Discusses what embryonic stem cells are, how they are cultured, and why they offer such...

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Stem Cell Universe (2014)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £6.99

Popular science documentary. The topic of stem cells has been a matter of great debate for our generation. No other subject straddles the line between life and death such as the question over the validity of...

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Stem Cells: The Future (2015)

Subject

Biology; Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 16 minutes), £6.60

In this compelling and clear 16 minute video, leading scientists tell the story of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells). This extraordinary scientific discovery changed the way we think about human...

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Stem Cell Revolutions (2011)

aka: Stem Cell Revolutions for Educational Use

Director

Amy Hardie; Clare Blackburn

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 71 minutes), £95.00

Documentary charting the history and scientific evolution of stem cell research - from the earliest experiments that first revealed stem cells in the body, to leading current scientific and clinical...

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Horizon: Fix Me (2009)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

After years in the wilderness, stem cell research is back. Horizon follows three young people with currently untreatable conditions as they search for a miracle cure. Sophie, paralysed from the waist down...

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Stem Nematode, The: A Pest in Agriculture (1979 Film, Video)

Director

Chris C Doncaster

Subject

Agriculture; Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The stem nematode ‘Ditylenchus dipsaci’ causes serious yield losses in temperate regions. Being resistant to drought it is often distributed on seed. Control with chemicals is expensive, but the use of...

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Mend Me: A Horizon Guide to Transplants (2013)

Producer

Sacha Baveystock

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Using examples taken from the ‘Horizon’ archive, Michael Mosley examines the history of surgical transplant techniques identifying key points, looking at pioneering surgeons, covering ethical questions...

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Cell City Series (4 Parts) (2004)

Subject

Biology; Geography

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30, 30, 14, 20 minutes), £145.00 (Parts 1,2,4) £75.00 (Part 3)

While towns and cities vary greatly in size, no matter where they are in the world, they share many similar features. Likewise, despite the vast variety of life forms and cell types, different shapes and...

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Cloning (2003)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Free streamed access on Vega website Online, 35 min.

Looks at the hot scientific topic of cloning. The panel, chaired by Colin Blakemore and consisting of Dr Robin Lovell-Badge (MRC), Dr Michael Antoniou (King’s College), and Dr Michael West (Advanced Cell...

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