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Pregnancy Testing on ‘Making History’
The latest episode of the Radio 4 series Making History (tx 16th April 2013), includes a segment on pregnancy testing in the 1950s and the surprising laboratory methods used in this process. The segment highlights the research of Jesse Olszynko-Gryn… Continue reading
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Investigating HIV/AIDs
We were sorry to note recently the death of Tony Coxon, who was the principal investigator of Project SIGMA, a major longitudinal study of gay men and HIV/Aids which informed government and World Health Organisation policies at the height of… Continue reading
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‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’
We recently wrote on this blog on the life – and afterlife – of Henrietta Lacks, illustrating our post with one of the images of HeLa cells to be found on Wellcome Images. Those intrigued by the post, may be… Continue reading
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Henrietta Lacks and HeLa
59 years ago today, Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Few would have guessed the impact the cells taken from her tumour would have on cancer research, drug testing, and the discovery of vaccines. Until 1951, no researcher had… Continue reading