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  1. Cell Fate: Journeys to Specialisation - Dna Proteins and Stem Cells (2014)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 22 mins), £6.60

    Stem cell scientist Thomas Graf and his team explain how blood, skin and muscle cells acquire such different abilities and shapes and what controls this process.

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  2. Draw and Play Keep Parkinson’s at Bay (2012)

    Subject
    Medical sciences

    A report on two projects dealing with Parkinson’s disease. The DIPAR project, based at University Medical Centre Groningen in The Netherlands, aims to improve the accuracy of early diagnosis of the...

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  3. Can Nanotechnology Help Cure Cancer? (2012)

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Technology

    What makes a cancer cell different from a healthy cell and how can nano-particles recognise them in order to deliver chemotherapy treatments without side effects? Nanotechnology expert Sonia Trigueros...

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  4. Medicinal Cannabis and Its Impact on Human Health (2011)

    Director
    James Schmachtenberger; Lindsey Ward
    Subject
    Medical sciences

    In this documentary, physicians and leading researchers discuss the medicinal use of cannabis and its demonstrated affects on human health. Topics include: the consensus from over 15000 scientific and...

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  5. Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita (2008)

    Director
    Maria Finitzo
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 83 minutes), £32.38

    Documentary about the experiences of Dr Jack Kessler, chair of Northwestern University’s Neurology department, who shifted his research from finding a cure for diabetes to finding a cure with stem cell...

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  6. Safer Medicines (2007)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 32 minutes), £5.00

    Safer Medicines showcases state-of-the-art approaches to ensuring that drugs in the future will be safer than they have been in the past. World leading scientists from industry and academia present their...

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  7. Potent Biology: Stem Cells, Cloning and Regeneration (2006)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 1, 240 minutes), free

    What are embryonic stem cells? Why are they potent? How do they differ from adult stem cells? Are embryonic development and regeneration intimately connected? In four presentations, given as part of the HHMI...

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  8. Economic Value of Life, The (2006)

    Subject
    Economics; Medical sciences

    Robert Topel, professor of economics from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, assesses the benefits of medical research from an economic perspective. Topel calculates the social value of...

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  9. Bacillus Typhosus (Typhoid and Cholera Bacilli)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences

    This film illustrates the movement and agglutination of typhoid (2 mins 30 secs) and then cholera bacilli (2 mins 30 secs). Probably one of the earliest surviving film records of bacteriological research....

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