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  1. Sir James Black is joint winner of Nobel Prize for medicine (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    James Black, Professor of Analytical Pharmacology at Kings College Medical School, London reacts to news he has jointly won the Nobel Prize for medicine with US colleagues George Hitchings and Gertrude...

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  2. First bone marow transplant 20 years on (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Tanya Hines interviews Ian Cuneen, the UK’s first ever bone marrow transplant patient, 20 years after his operation, he talks about why he received the transplant, says his life is now very normal and...

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  3. Shakespeare on the Brain (2009 Video)

    From the depression of Hamlet to the guilt of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s work has many references to mental health. Academics and actors at Warwick Arts Centre explore issues such as depression,...

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  4. Patrick Steptoe on test-tube twins (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Dr Patrick C. Steptoe on the world’s first test-tube twins, born in Australia. Stephen and Amanda were born on 06/06/81, to 31 year-old Radmila Mays. The world’s first test-tube baby was conceived in...

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  5. Shakespeare and Neuroscience (2010 Video)

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    Tête-à-Tête

    Professor Carol Rutter questions Professor Nick Dale from Warwick Medical School as to whether the state of mind and behaviour of Lady Macbeth in the sleepwalking scene are neurologically accurate.

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  6. Sister Mary on cold cure (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a nun from York, Sister Mary, about a wine from her monastery that allegedly prevents colds. Male interviewer not identified.

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  7. Totally artificial heart transplanted (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male surgeon on the first totally artificial heart transplant operation. Speaker and interviewer look at one of the hearts and the surgeon explains how it works; he also describes the present...

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  8. Calls for cannabis legalisation (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop

    Report on 65-year-old Liverpool doctor Ann Biezanek(?) having been cleared of supplying her ill daughter with cannabis for medical purposes, the case opens the debate on the relaxation of drug laws. Speakers...

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  9. Lord Snowdon backs polio vaccine campaign (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with photographer Lord Snowdon (Antony Armstrong-Jones), who is backing a fund-raising campaign by Rotary International to vaccinate children worldwide against polio. On his personal commitment to...

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  10. Sheila Cassidy on becoming a nun (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Author, doctor and former torture victim Sheila Cassidy on her decision to become a nun. She says that she has left her life as a surgeon behind and is ready to dedicate her life to God. She adds that her...

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