Cell Pumps

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

135

Date Released

1974

Length of issue (in feet)

461

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sterile Glasses
2. 2No Steering Wheels
3. 3Desk Top Planetarium
4. 4Cell Pumps

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Research at St Andrew’s University into the survival mechanisms of the human cell. Millions of tiny pumps in each cell wall maintain the right chemical balance within the cell, and the research is revealing something of the complex ways in which these pumps work.

Keywords

Education and training; Health and medicine; Science and technology

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/135

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Address

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Notes

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