Antimicrobial resistance is an issue that we are all facing now. If we do not crack this problem, we risk returning to the pre-antibiotic era, when infectious diseases were responsible for around 40% of all deaths.
Curator Stewart Emmens reveals some of the stories from our Wounded exhibition.
A new display, How to mend a broken heart, explores how 3D printing can help heart surgery. Heart surgeon David Anderson explains more.
As Call the Midwife examines the issue of thalidomide, curator Selina Hurley explores its history.
Roger Highfield explores how scientists are using computer modelling to better understand the evolution of cancerous tumours.
Jack Mitchell, the Science Museum’s Assistant Curator of Medicine, takes his cue from the summertime and explores the Sun’s great influence in the history of medicine.
Curator Emily Scott-Dearing reflects a new era for medicine at the Science Museum.
Assistant curator Jack Mitchell reveals the story behind a mysterious object in the collection.
Stella Williams from our Learning Support Team writes about one of her favourite Science Museum Group objects.
Assistant Curator Jack Mitchell explores how the Atlas of Ophthalmoscopy helped increase our understanding of the human eye
Laura Body from our Learning Support Team writes about one of her favourite Science Museum objects: a bottle of Penicillin
When the House of Commons voted to legalise a revolutionary new form of reproductive medicine on Tuesday, it was a remarkable moment for science.