Medicine Interviews

HPV and Cervical Cancer

Human Papillomavirus or HPV is the main cause of the majority of cases of cervical cancer. Professor Margaret Stanley from the Department of Pathology at Cambridge University explains more about what we know about the virus and the newly-introduced HPV vaccine.Professor Margaret Stanley, Dept. of Pathology, Cambridge University

Studying Devil Facial Tumour Disease

An iconic animal, the Tasmanian Devil is under threat from a type of cancer that can be transmitted between individuals. Elizabeth Murchison from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has been studying the genetics of the cancer.Elizabeth Murchison, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

The creation of 'Synthia' - Synthetic life

This week the J Craig Venter Institute announced the creation to huge fanfare of a brand new synthetic microorganism dubbed, “Synthia.” This has prompted lots of excitement but also lots of controversy. Some people have argued that Synthia isn’t entirely synthetic. So to tell us more here’s Craig Venter and Victoria Gill...Victoria Gill, BBC Science Correspondent; Dr Craig Venter, J Craig Venter Institute

Personalising Medicine through your Genome

The Lancet has published a study into the benefits of looking at your genome to help personalise your medicine. Dr. Euan Ashley from Stanford University School of Medicine joined us to explain more...Dr Euan Ashley, Stanford University

Understanding the Past with Ancient Pathogens

Helen Donoghue explains how analysing bacteria from ancient fossils can help us learn more about the evolution of disease and human migration...Dr Helen Donoghue, University College London

How the Heart got its Arteries

Researchers have overturned a 100-year-old misunderstanding about how the arteries that supply the heart with blood first develop, and this could be used to re-grow the damages that give rise to a heart attack...Dr Paul Riley, University College London

Preventing Alzheimers Disease in Fruit Flies

Leila Luheshi explains how a binding protein could be used to prevent the build up of the toxic proteins that cause Alzheimers disease...Dr Leila Luheshi, University of Cambridge

Magnets Mitigate Migraine

Researchers have identified how a hand held magnetic device could mitigate the pain of migraine...Dr Richard Lipton, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

10th Naked Anniversary!

It's been 10 years since Dr Chris and Dr Kat first appeared on the radio! Listen back to some clips of that first show to see how much they've changed...Chris Smith, Kat Arney

Bisphenol-A and Human Health

Can plastics pollute your body? We speak to Tamara Galloway who has identified a link between heart disease and bisphenol-A, the base of polycarbonate plastics... Professor Tamara Galloway, Exeter University

The Chemical that Keeps Nerves Alive

Researchers at Cambridge’s Babraham Institute have identified a factor that helps to stop nerves from degenerating. This could lead to better treatments for degenerative diseases, but also better ways to halt the degradation of a nerve when it gets damage as a result of an injury or stroke...Dr. Michael Coleman, the Babraham Institute.

Auditory Illusions

Bob Carlyon explores the illusory side of our hearing...Bob Carlyon, University of Cambridge

The Genetics of Hearing

Karen steel discusses the genetic mutations and changes that can impair our hearing...Professor Karen Steel, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Why Skull Bone is Special Bone

Ian McKay discusses the differences between the bone in our limbs and our skull...Dr Ian McKay, Queen Mary University of London

Dissecting Christmas Dinner

Dr John Brackenbury gets out his scalpel to reveal what the inner anatomical workings of a cooked chicken...Dr John Brackenbury, Cambridge University Vet School

Protecting, Anti-'flu Viruses

Nigel Dimmock discusses a new anti-influenza strategy - a virus that protects you from infection...Nigel Dimmock, Warwick University

How are 'Flu Vaccines Produced?

How are 'flu vaccines prepared, how long does it take and how is the technology evolving?Tarit Mukhopadhyay, University College London; John Dillon, GlaxoSmithKline; Rino Rappuoli, Novartis

Did Swine 'Flu Escape from a Laboratory?

Where do new pandemic strains of influenza come from? Canberra-based virologist Adrian Gibbs wonders whether swine flu could have come from a laboratory...Adrian Gibbs, Canberra

Hepatitis C in the Clinic

Graeme Alexander explains the effects of Hepatitis C on the body adn the current methods of treatment against the virus...Dr Graeme Alexander, Addenbrookes Hospital

Safer Blood Transfusions

Meera Senthilingam investigates how safe the blood we receive in transfusions really is...Jean-Pierre Allain, University of Cambridge & Lorna Williamson, NHS Blood and Transplants