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  1. Background Brief: The Science of Ageing (2001)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 14 minutes), £34.99

    BACKGROUND BRIEF looks at key stories or subject areas in the news and gives the scientific story behind the headlines - are we really in danger from super bacteria? Will a magnetic pole reversal have...

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  2. Life and Times of Life and Time, The (1998 Video)

    Director
    Jean-Francois Brunet; Peter Friedman
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    Examines the nature of ageing and why the body’s cells die. Asks if ageing can be ‘cured’. With ‘Methuselah’ flies and mutant worms, scientists are beginning to understand the cells and genes that...

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  3. Healthward Bound: A Lifelong Journey (6 Parts) (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p) each part

    An introduction to human biology in six parts: 1: An orthopaedic surgeon assembles a human skeleton, bone by bone, using graphics and animation techniques. Specialists add to the form, organ by organ, system...

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  4. Growing Old (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Vic Lockwood; Anne Pointon
    Subject
    Medical sciences; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks at the lives of three people over 70 and the problems they have experienced because of growing old: widowhood, disability, illness and loneliness.

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  5. 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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  6. Ageing Files, The

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £34.99

    An investigation into the ageing process in a which a 70-year-old fashion model and her 17-year-old grand-daughter take part in scientific tests to see whether it is possible to distinguish between them. The...

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