Interviews about Medicine

A new research study investigates whether teenagers exposure to tobacco adverts can predict their smoking habits.

Could Mr Spock's Tricorder device be the future of bedside genetic technology?

Mutant mosquitoes have lost their sense of smell, potentially leading to new repellents.

Angelina Jolie announced she has had a double mastectomy after learning she has an 87 per cent risk of breast cancer.

Natalia spoke earlier about growing up and studying in St Petersburg, and her current work in Europe. Would she ever...

Are human and rodent brains similar? Can you take live human brain tissue, slice it, and study it in the dish to find...

Immersing my self in Russian culture: the banya and getting whipped with birch leaves.....

Moving from infant brain development to the teenage brain, with a shock finding on how nicotine in cigarettes affects...

Dr Rosamund Langston, Dundee University, taking a twist with neuroscience, looking at infants to better understand...

How Russian neuroscience research is getting a collosal injection of cash from the government.

Why would two Scottish based neuroscientists organise a conference in Siberia? What are the Russian strengths in...

From Irkutsk neuroscientists took a holiday to get over the jetlag and relax before the science began.

Does our mood affect the way we taste food? Paul Breslin explains what happens to our taste for fat when we're...

Do energy saving lightbulbs affect your sleep cycle? We find out.....

A viral vector endowed with the gene for a flu-neutralising antibody turns airway cells into antibody factories to...

Dr. Kamoun discusses how the pathogen behind the Great Irish Potato Famine was discovered.

Scientists have created "super wheat" by crossing modern strains with the crop's ancestors. Phil Howell...

How do bacteria and viruses which cause diseases in plants manipulate sapsucking insects for their own ends?

When does creativity turn to delusions? We speak with Dr Phil Corlett to uncover his passion for the brain!

What happens in your head when you listen to music? Plus earworms! Why are 1 in 6 people regularly infected by annoying...

And finally, our gene of the month is INDY, short for I’m Not Dead Yet. It owes its name to a scene in a Monty Python...

Researcher often say finding particular gene will “lead to new therapies”, but progress in turning genetic data into...

Professor Jim Lupski talks about how genome sequencing can help people with rare diseases, including one that affects...

The story we wanted to talk about this month was about the publication of the HeLa genome, which has caused controversy...