Interviews about Medicine

Kevin Warwick, Cybernetics Professor at Reading University has delved deep into his nervous system to become one of the...

What have studies to date shown us about the effects of technology on the human brain?

Children, as young as four, are receiving treatment for technology addiction. Dr Richard Graham set up the UK's...

A technique called optogenetics allows nerves to be controlled with light.

How are ion channels related to diabetes? and how did the Greeks use honey as the first chemical weapon?

David Julius explains how we sense pain and how pain can be managed.

Fifty years ago this year, Cambridge researchers showed that nerves carry signals as electrical impulses.

Glaswegian youngsters are picking up speech characteristics from Eastenders, researchers have found.

Environmental campaigners are worried about a badger cull intended to restrict the spread of TB. But what can models...

A new way of profiling all the chemicals made by cells when they are injured could help us reverse the damage caused by...

How an ordinary trip to the beach inspired a new treatment for osteoporosis...

A team of researchers from Murdoch University discuss how their research has led to clinical trials for a new muscular...

Genetic techniques are providing new insights into the origins of schistosomiasis, a tropical disease that is caused by...

Changes in gene expression could be used to predict whether individuals will respond successfully to the influenza...

Experiments with stem cells are shedding new light on the genetic origins of one of the most common forms of inherited...

Neuroscientists are getting closer to understanding how people can distinguish where different sounds come from in...

Patients who have heart attacks often report having strange experiences including seeing bright lights. But what causes...

Differences in genetic makeup has a big effect on childhood susceptibility to infections, as Professor Mike Levin...

Cancer Research UK scientists have announced an ambitious project to track the evolution of lung cancer in more than...

Researchers have published the first results from an ambitious study to knock out, or delete, every gene in mice.

Why do some people fight off infections easily while others become seriously ill? The answer is in our genes, as Dr...

In order to investigate fake laughter and the contagious power of giggles I visited a yogic laughter clinic!

Building a tickle machine: a robot, holding a feather duster, to find out why people with schizophrenia can tickle...

A five year olds favourite joke and how does humour develop in babies?