Interviews about Medicine

Modern scientific techniques have led to discoveries about the cause of the plague that our ancestors couldn't...

In the 16th Century, it was believed that bad smells carried the plague, and this led to some weird and wonderful...

Spaghetti, a fruit fly gene, may be the missing link between the bodyclock and neurodegenerative diseases like...

Helen Sang is working on developing GM chickens that can be made resistant to bird flu - a major global challenge to...

Alison Bentley from NIAB is trying to recreate the genetic journey from grass to wheat.

LSHTM's David Baker may have found an unusual new approach for anti- malarial drugs, in the form of a well-known...

Jennie Pryce is bridging the gap between breeders and geneticists, in order to breed better dairy cows.

Blood is in high demand. Wouldn't it be great if we could grow blood to order?

A new technique to convert any blood group into a form compatible with all other blood groups is being developed by...

When we donate blood, what are we actually giving away and how?

Before we started transfusion, we had rather a different approach to blood based treatment...

How a new DNA sequencer, in a tent, in Sierra Leone could be crucial to cutting ebola transmission chains...

Is sitting down at work harming your health?

How your health history could literally go viral, as researchers announce a test to uncover every virus that ever...

What does science sound like? Sonification can turn data measurements, from experiments like CERN's, into music...

Individuals who don't feel pain have led scientists to a pain-sensing gene, which may lead to new analgesic...

New portable monitoring devices, that plug into your smartphone, could help doctors diagnose anything from diabetes to...

Sound waves may be key to creating the perfect cheese, new research from Australia reveals...

Opinions on whether babies can feel pain have been divided but new research suggests they might be able to...

How do slithering snakes swallow prey so much bigger than their own heads?

Why can some birds use tools?

To understand the underground moles have developed super sensitive faces...

Researchers have discovered a neural code for food abundance

More than 2000 students have helped shed new light on the genomics of bacteriophages