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Effects of Hormones in Higher Plants (1941 Film)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Uses time-lapse photography to show experiments which have been used to study of growth hormones in flowering plants. Shows phototropic and epinastic curvatures, the effect of decapitation of a coleoptile,...

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Endocrine System 1 (1993 Video)

Producer

Bill Walker

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min., 1997 sale: £32.00 (+VAT +p&p) (Viewtech)

Examines the functions of the endocrine system, which is the communications network within the body, the hormonal signals of which originate in the endocrine glands and are disseminated through the...

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Too Big Too Soon? (1995 Video)

Producer

Adam Bullmore

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Investigates the potential of human growth hormome. Research into a mass-produced, synthetic form of growth hormone has revealed the fundamental role that growth hormone plays in regulating human bodies at...

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Cellular Signals (1986 Video)

Producer

Neil Cameron

Subject

Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Looks at how cells respond to molecular signals from outside. Features bacterial chemotaxis and reviews current knowledge of how receptors influence the flagellar rotation. Discusses growth hormones and how...

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Good Enough to Eat (2 Parts) (1985 Video)

Director

Judy Lever

Subject

Medical sciences; Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 52 min.

Part 1: Food manufacturers add a vast range of chemical additives for flavour, colour, improved texture and longer shelf life. It is estimated that we each consume at least fifty different additives a day....

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Hormonal Mechanisms in Breast Cancer (1974 Video)

Director

David Sharp

Producer

David Sharp

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 31 min.

The first demonstration that the endocrine system can influence human breast cancer was in 1896, when Beatson described remission of advanced local disease following oophorectomy. Since then work both in...

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Use of Drugs in Sport, The (1999)

aka: On the Juice: The Use of Drugs in Sport

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 27n minutes), £41.13

Presents factual information about performance-enhancing drugs banned for use in sport. Discusses issues such as anabolic steroids, human growth hormones, blood doping, diuretics, stimulants and strong...

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River of Waste, A (2010)

Subject

Agriculture; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 92 minutes), $250.00

A RIVER OF WASTE exposes a huge health and environmental scandal in our modern industrial system of meat and poultry production. Some scientists have gone so far as to call the condemned current factory farm...

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Enzyme and Hormone Testing in Pregnancy (1979 Video)

Producer

J C Smith

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 33 min.

Biochemical tests of feto-placental well-being depend on the measurement in the mother of materials which differ from those in the non-pregnant adult. The two most popular tests at the present time are...

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Living Body, The (26 Parts) (1984 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 x 26 min.

A series examining the human living body in its entirety, answering questions such as what underlies movement, thinking, eating and breathing, how one body gives birth to another, how can the human eye be so...

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