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Life, Genes & You
Knowledge of our genetic code has radically altered our understanding of our lives.
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Journalist and photographer discuss making portraits of terminally ill patients
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News release showing Louise Brown's birth by caesarean
Birth from the father's point of view
Happier mothers and healthier babies
A film that begins with a marriage proposal and ends with a baby
The DNA pioneer discusses the implications of genetic knowledge
Filmed to accompany the Wellcome Collection's 2008 Skeletons exhibition
Early visualisation of the famous double helix
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Hip joint replacement made from titanium alloy
Collagen used for cosmetic or plastic surgery
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1956 US film about encouraging older people to lead useful lives
Body from the Chimu people of Peru
Aztec depiction of religious sacrifice
18th century book on old men's health
Engraving of an elderly man
Advertising for laundry soap from 1880s
Blood flow maps comparing Alzheimer's brain and normal brain
Changes in skull as a human develops and ages
Colour lithograph from 1896
SEM image of osteoporotic bone of 89 year old woman
Exercising for pelvic flexibility in the 1930s
Death at the nursery window
Early 19th century etching by Thomas Rowlandson
Meditating on the corpse of a beautiful young woman
Widely published drawing of Napoleon's body the day after his death
The last moments of Victoria’s beloved Prince Albert
Who should have access to sensitive genetic data?
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How might we continue to evolve without natural selection?
The Museum of London's Hedley Swain
Reminder of the transience of life