Cloning, Chimeras and Stem Cells
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This week on the Award Winning Naked Scientists we find out about stem cells and cloning. We discuss the elusive 'stemness' that allows cells to specialise, and learn about cloning in the post-Dolly the sheep era. We also find out how genetics has revealed that neanderthals were redheads, how soap affects shoals of fish and some turtles come equipped with anti-roll bars. We also pay a visit to the Manchester Science Festival for a chat with Johnny Ball, and in Kitchen Science, we "clone at home" and find out the future of the humble banana.
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Why don’t fish get lost in the ocean?
Why do you get goose bumps when you hear a particularly good piece of music? I get it from parts of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
Ben Valsler and Dave Ansell took some of their favourite Kitchen Science experiments to Manchester as part of the Manchester Science Festival - and bumped into Johnny Ball!
We sent Meera to UCL’s centre for Stem Cell Research, to find out the basics of stem cell technology.
What gives us a toothache?
We spoke to Professor Roger Pedersen, of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine at Cambridge University, about understanding 'Stemness'.
We spoke to Professor Ian Wilmut who, in 1996, cloned the first mammal, Dolly the sheep.
My question is about pubic hair. Some people have said its purpose is to protect your bits, or to keep your bits warm, or to make you smell more attractive to the opposite sex. I want to know why to humans have it, do other animals have it, and what is its main function?
When stem cells reproduce, do they always do so accurately?
For Kitchen Science, Ben found out how to clone at home!
Do you believe a stem cell producing Myelin could one day be used to treat MS?
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