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Image galleries

The five online galleries below reflect the five areas of Wellcome Collection's penetrating and provocative 'Medicine Now' exhibition.

These galleries provide just a glimpse of what you would see in the 'Medicine Now' exhibition of medical exhibits and contemporary art. Treat your mind to a visit soon.

   
Detail from 'Bud', glass and genetically modified soybeans, Rob Kesseler, 2002

Genomes

'Genomes' looks at the scientific study of DNA (the 'chemical code of life'), as well as its social and cultural significance.

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Atesunate pills

Malaria

'Malaria' explores a disease mostly associated with the developing world and compares it with a condition dominantly affecting developed nations (obesity - see gallery below).

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'I Can't Help the Way I Feel', John Isaacs, 2003

Obesity

'Obesity' explores a condition dominantly affecting developed nations and compares it with a disease mostly associated with the developing world (malaria - see gallery above).

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'One Man's Land', stainless steel etching by Heather Barnett, 2002

The body

'The body' examines new techniques and ways of looking at our internal biological structures and functions.

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Detail from 'Collection: Acts of faith', Julian Walker, 2003

Living with medical science

This section explores the impact of medical science on the lives of those who experience it.

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