Interviews about Medicine

A family from Hollywood sets off on a quest to identify the gene responsible for Huntington's, changing the face...

Richard Price describes how his wife Heather is affected by Huntington's Disease.

23 hours in the air, crossing 12 time zones and covering 18, 000 km, on a mission to uncover the brain down under.

Limb defects caused by the drug thalidomide can help us to understand the condition clubfoot.

What organises cells to form structures in the body?

How do eggs turn from one cell into a structured network of over a trillion cells?

What determines the shape of cells?

Can learning to play a musical instrument in childhood affect your intelligence?

We talk to Professor David Nutt for his top neuroscience nuggets of 2013.

We talk to Professor David Nutt for his top neuroscience nuggets of 2013.

We talk to Professor David Nutt for his top neuroscience nuggets of 2013.

Different environments harbour different micro-organisms. So how does this affect fish species?

Many medicines are given by injection. But syringes are costly and needles are unpleasant. A new system can deliver...

Conical whiskers allow mammals that live in tunnels and other enclosed spaces to learn more about their surroundings.

Individuals with missing hands, the brain area responsible for the absent hand learns to control the remaining hand or...

The gut microbiota of patients with rheumatoid arthritis is enriched in microbes belonging to the Prevotella genus.

A nerve cell connexin can detect carbon dioxide, and could be involved in processes as diverse as breathing, hearing...

In some animals, special molecules called pheromones can trigger certain types of behaviour, such as mating. But how do...

What is the genetic basis for different sensitivities to specific smells?

Could smell come from the vibrations of individual molecules?

Bacteria incorporating ancient DNA from a woolly mammoth into their genome and implications for antibiotic resistance...

Duncan Boak tells Ginny Smith about how he lost his sense of smell and how it changed his life...

Captain Mark Lyndhurst served in Afghanistan and describes how the experience has left scars.

Military life can leave mental scars in post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). President Obama highlights the stigma...