”Approximately one person in 20 will suffer from a ‘self-attack’ autoimmune disease during the course of their lifetime. These may vary from diseases that principally affect a single organ – such as diabetes, where the attack is directed towards the pancreas – to diseases in which many organs and systems are directly attacked. The factors that conspire to cause these diseases, many of which are life-threatening, will be discussed in the context of a card game analogy.” 2008-11-12-14-34-12-Autoimmune_Diseases_-_A_Card_Game_Analogy-audio-1

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4/28/2021

Although human DNA is 98 per cent similar to that of the chimpanzee, the infections we catch are 80 per cent different. Most are new acquisitions that we have picked up as humans spread across the world. In fact, pandemic infections like smallpox and influenza only date from the last 12,000 years or so after we formed settled farming communities and later developed large colonies known as cities. Does the history of infectious diseases help to predict future epidemics?

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4/21/2021

The pro-screening lobby is locked into a mindset dating back to the late 1980s. Since then our understanding of the biology of breast cancer and its treatment has moved on whilst the screening programme continues without modification based on the results of trials reported in 1987. This lecture will discuss some of the harmful problems of this over-diagnosing system, and will look at the need for radical change to bring the entire programme up to date with modern practice based on risk assessment and risk management. Lunch Hour Lecture by Professor Michael Baum.

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3/11/2021

Lunch Hour Lectures on Tour 2011 - Episode 2 Science meets art: investigating pigments in art and archaeology Professor Robin Clark has used pigment analysis to reveal the secrets of the Lindisfarne Gospels, Gutenberg Bibles, Greek icons, forged papyri and the '36th Vermeer painting'. In this lecture Professor Clark will explain and explore how the technique of Raman spectroscopy has helped in the restoration, conservation and dating of artwork along with the detection of forgeries. This lecture marks 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry.

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3/5/2021

There are many myths surrounding British Sign Language (BSL) – the third most widely used indigenous language in the UK. In this lecture, Professor Woll will try to dispel some of them by introducing BSL, explaining how it works and exploring the community it has created. This is the signed version.

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3/3/2021

Lunch Hour Lectures on Tour 2011 - Episode 1 Desirability and domination: Greek sculpture and the modern male body This lecture will discuss Greek sculptures and some of the ways in which their ideal representations of the male body have shaped the twentieth century strong man and the bodybuilder, particularly in terms of their display of power and sexuality. The talk will include the culture of the circus strongman, bodybuilding shows, physique magazines and the post-war craze for Italian sword-and-sandal films starring bodybuilders as ancient heroes.

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2/27/2021

Lunch Hour Lectures on Tour 2011 - Episode 2 Science meets art: investigating pigments in art and archaeology Professor Robin Clark has used pigment analysis to reveal the secrets of the Lindisfarne Gospels, Gutenberg Bibles, Greek icons, forged papyri and the '36th Vermeer painting'. In this lecture Professor Clark will explain and explore how the technique of Raman spectroscopy has helped in the restoration, conservation and dating of artwork along with the detection of forgeries. This lecture marks 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry.

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2/26/2021

Although human DNA is 98 per cent similar to that of the chimpanzee, the infections we catch are 80 per cent different. Most are new acquisitions that we have picked up as humans spread across the world. In fact, pandemic infections like smallpox and influenza only date from the last 12,000 years or so after we formed settled farming communities and later developed large colonies known as cities. Does the history of infectious diseases help to predict future epidemics?

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2/26/2021