Interviews about Medicine

Comets plummeting into the Sun's atmosphere, why exercise can keep diabetes at bay, how the public are helping...

Apart from food, a major source of vitamin D is exposure to sunlight which makes the hormone in the skin. So, some sun...

An international consortium last year confirmed that aspirin can protect people with a genetic predisposition to bowel...

What is cybernetics? Does it include things like pacemakers and cochlear implants? How is it being used to treat...

How implanting a new chip which contains light sensors and an amplifier could be a treatment for impaired vision for...

Should we publish details of how to make viruses with pandemic potential? We explore the controversy and meet one of...

Scientists are moving closer to developing ways to interface with the brain and to decode what nerve cells are saying...

Over 170 million people are infected with Hepatitis C worldwide and at the moment there is no effective vaccine. But...

Silkworms producing spider silk, new species discovered at hydrothermal vents in Antarctica, a gene providing new...

We explore just what goes on inside our bodies to cause the flatulence resulting from eating Brussels sprouts...

Social scientists have been taking advantage of mobile phones and social networking sites to unobtrusively capture vast...

Qualified London taxi drivers know their way around over 25,000 streets in the capital. And, if you scan their brains...

Bed Bugs travelling from abroad, why night shifts increase a female's chance of diabetes and how to deter the...

The latest news and research from Diamond...

Some museum samples could be harbouring volatile compounds of mercury...

A tool to detect images that have been digitally retouched...

How heading footballs could lead to brain injuries, a new target for drugs against Malaria and more evidence for the...

Abigail Woodfin discusses the uses of confocal microscopy in dynamic viewing of bodily functions...

Changhuei Yang explains his design for a lensless microscope...

A new study has confirmed the long term benefits of taking statins to treat heart disease...

Lenses displaying emails before your eyes, flowing materials, stress on the mind and a night flowering orchid...

Looking at ways to reduce the cost of anti-venom...

Denis Burdakov explains what happens when you have food on the brain...

Looking at whether flu can trigger heart attacks in vulnerable people