- 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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- Karen Smith
Historically, drugs have been produced according to a one-size-fits all approach. But now we are in a position to start building drugs tailor-made to an in
dividual' DNA. Dr. Karen Smith looks at the implications of made-to-measure drugs and therapies.
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- Karen Smith
The effects of a stroke depend upon which part of the brain are deprived of
blood. Researchers are studying the cause of some of the more peculiar effects such as hemi-neglect syndromes and how stroke victims can be rehabilitated.
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- Chris Smith
What causes cold sores and genital herpes, how do herpes viruses cause disease, why do herpes infections persist for life and how can cold sores and genital herpes be treated, and how does this all relate to Romeo and Juliet?
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- Nick Humphrey
One day someone will write a book that explains consciousness. The book will put forward a theory that fills the gap between conscious experience and brain activity, but we aren't there yet.
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- Danielle Turner
Researchers have been investigating how the unexpected affects how well and what you remember. If you want to be remembered - surprise someone! Super learning occurs when we encounter something highly unexpected.
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- Bob Bury
Discovered by Wilhelm Roentgen almost by accident, X rays are part of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes visible light. Bob Bury desribes how they work and can be used.
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- Bob Bury
Consultant radiologist, Dr. Bob Bury, discusses public perception of risk and how we assess risk in the context of exposing patients to X-rays and other forms of ionising radiation.
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