- Ana Rossi
Ion channels are miniature pores in the membranes of cells. They're the gatekeepers controlling which ions can move into and out of cells, meaning that they control almost every aspect of life itself. This also means they're important drug targets. But to develop effective and selective agents to hit just the right channel means that scientists need to understand the precise structure and workings of each of them. A daunting task, but now new technology has provided a way to do just that...
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- Dalya Rosner
What is a DNA fingerprint and how can it help you to solve crimes, identify a baby's father and suss out the best grapes for wine making?
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- Kat Arney
The fertility doctor Panos Zavos claimed to have cloned a human baby, while a team of researchers in South Korea also presented their clones to the world. So what's the difference between these stories?
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- Dalya Rosner
Dalya Rosner asks whether microchimerism (literally an animal with parts made from lots of animals) causes female autoimmune diseases which occur in relation to pregnancy, including diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, SLE and primary sclerosing cholangitis?
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- Kat Arney
Imagine if you could turn your muscles into blood cells, or turning your bone marrow into muscle. How about changing your blood to brain cells, then back again, or making a spare liver from your bone marrow?
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- Kat Arney
Cloning and genetic modification (GM) of organisms, including plants and animals, has enormous therapeutic potential. But what are embryonic stem cells, how are stem cells made (extracted) and how can stem cells be used to treat diseases ?
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- Mark Tester
Genetic modification (GM) is the heritable alteration of the genetic make-up of an organism, and is a natural process as old as genes themselves. Mark has a look at artificial and natural genetic modification.
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