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28th Oct 2007

Cloning, Chimeras and Stem Cells


Helen Scales

Chris Smith

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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As well as red blooded, Neanderthals were red-headed

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The science of tipping turtles

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Interviews

The Manchester Science Festival

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!

Stem Cell Technologies

We sent Meera to UCL’s centre for Stem Cell Research, to find out the basics of stem cell technology.

Stem Cells and 'Stemness'

We spoke to Professor Roger Pedersen, of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine at Cambridge University, about understanding 'Stemness'.

Cloning - Dolly and Beyond

We spoke to Professor Ian Wilmut who, in 1996, cloned the first mammal, Dolly the sheep.

Kitchen Science - Home Cloning & Bananas

For Kitchen Science, Ben found out how to clone at home!


Questions

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.


When stem cells reproduce, do they always do so accurately?


Do you believe a stem cell producing Myelin could one day be used to treat MS?



Johnny Ball on the show! Excellent, takes me back to being a kid. was it that long ago? I remember Johnny visiting my middle school back in '82, ...
- paul.fr - 2nd Nov 07
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