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27 October 2011
How do we tell people apart by using their DNA? From murder investigations to paternity testing, DNA fingerprinting is an essential tool in the modern world. But how is it carried out? Find out in...
01 September 2011
An 1861 autopsy specimen from a 32 year old woman admitted for enlargement of the abdomen. She died a week after her...
01 September 2011
An incidental finding from an autopsy on a 72 year old lady dying of ischaemic heart disease in 1978.
01 September 2011
A 1917 autopsy specimen from an officer in the British army in France who until the day before his death was in robust...
01 September 2011
A 1974 autopsy specimen from a 72 year old obese woman who had had a history of gallstones for many years. For the two...
01 September 2011
A 1953 autopsy specimen from a 65 year old woman who complained of a small swelling in the abdominal wall following a...
01 September 2011
An operative resection specimen from a 43 year old woman with von Recklinghausen's Disease (neurofibromatosis) who...
01 September 2011
An autopsy specimen from a 66 year old female with quadriparesis progressing over 14 years.
01 September 2011
This is an example of an unused pig valve prepared for replacement of a human cardiac valve.
01 September 2011
A 1943 autopsy specimen from a 27 year old found unconscious, frothing at the mouth, by the side of her bed. She was...
01 September 2011
A 1964 autopsy specimen from a 38 year old woman, who first noticed a lump in her neck a year before her death....
01 September 2011
A 1904 autopsy specimen consisting of the heart opened to demonstrate hydatid cysts in various stages of evolution. No...
01 September 2011
An autopsy specimen from a 40 year old woman had increasing dyspnoea for thirteen years with recent attacks of winter...
01 September 2011
A 1928 operative resection specimen from a 40 year old man admitted with symptoms of intestinal obstruction. Six years...
01 September 2011
A liver from a woman aged 55 from Dominica who suffered from Schistosomamansoni infection. Death was due to...
01 September 2011
A 1958 autopsy specimen from a patient who died of a'byronesque' massive pulmonary haemorrhage due to...
01 September 2011
An autopsy specimen from the former Wellcome collection, consisting of the kidney, pelvis and ureter showing...
01 September 2011
A 1936 autopsy specimen from a man aged 34 who first presented with tuberculosis of the hip at the age of 9 years. Six...
01 September 2011
An autopsy specimen of liver showing the classic appearance of hepar lobatum the non-cirrhotic fibrosis of tertiary...
21 August 2011
We explore how the jet engine evolved to become such an efficient, powerful piece of technology, from the early designs...
14 August 2011
David Compton from Industrial Chemicals Ltd explains the conditions, materials and equipment needed to make tonnes of a...
12 August 2011
Why are some people short sighted and some people long sighted? And how do we use something more usually associated...
01 August 2011
A 1969 autopsy specimen from a middle aged woman who died suddenly. No further clinical details available.
01 August 2011
A 1958 diagnostic biopsy specimen. No clinical history available. One portion of the specimen shows black pigmented...
01 August 2011
A 1976 autopsy preparation comprising sections of coronary arteries from six different individuals who died from...