Sickle Cell: A Lethal Advantage
- Synopsis
- Investigates how the study of malaria presented clues as to why sickle cell disease became so common largely among people of African orgin. Reveals how carriers of sickle cell disease are resistant to malaria in childhood, giving them an advantage over people without the gene.
- Series
- Discovering Science, Course S103
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.
- Year of production
- 1998
- Availability
- Off-air recording licence
Sale; 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p) - Subjects
- Medical sciences
- Keywords
- Africa; Ghana; malaria; public health; sickle cell disease; tropical diseases
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Open University Worldwide
- Web
- http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 1908 274066
- Address
- Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA - Notes
- NB. As of May 2016 Open University Worldwide are no longer distributing DVDs. They have posted this message on their website: ‘Unfortunately Open University Worldwide Limited has decided that product sales are no longer viable given the reduced funding to Higher Education institutions and diminishing demand for the products we have traditionally stocked. At present the Open University Students Association (OUSA) will continue to sell the "Good Study Guide", and we are in discussion with other possible distributors to continue to make The Open University’s products available for purchase. As soon as we have any information on other channels of distribution we will update this notice’. Some products are still available via second hand dealers on Amazon.co.uk
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