Interviews about Medicine

We've heard about the effect of Alzheimer's on memory, but what actually is memory? How does our brain create...

We talk to Kevin Fong who is a space physiologist about the problems associated with actually living in space.

We sent Meera to UCL’s centre for Stem Cell Research, to find out the basics of stem cell technology.

We spoke to Professor Roger Pedersen, of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine at Cambridge University, about...

We spoke to Professor Ian Wilmut who, in 1996, cloned the first mammal, Dolly the sheep.

For Kitchen Science, Ben found out how to clone at home!

When you're buying training shoes, do you really get what you pay for? Professor Rami Abboud doesn't think...

While many people enjoy a beer, some prefer a shot of the hard stuff. Ben set out to find out about the science of...

Now, there must be thousands of beers available worldwide and of course, beer sales are very big business. But how do...

As much as we enjoy the odd beer it’s always best to enjoy it in moderation because drinking alcohol does have its...

Non-stick pans are great, they make it so much easier to clean cooked on scrambled egg! But the Thin Films and...

Kat Arney reports in with the latest news from the National Cancer Research Institute conference in Birmingham, UK.

Non-stick pans are great, they make it so much easier to clean cooked on scrambled egg! But the Thin Films and...

Dr Ruth Cameron and Dr Serena Best from the Centre for Medical material at the University of Cambridge spoke to Chris...

What do we need robots for in genetics? Just what difference do they make? We sent Meera to the Wellcome Trust Sanger...

Being addicted to things is usually bad news but now there's evidence that getting hooked on chocolate might not...

Meera went out to find the best bits of the festival, and wound up in crowd control!

We travel back in time to find out how the 17th Century people of York coped with the plague...

Out of Body Experiences (OBE's)may be spooky, but they can tell us a lot about how the brain works. Now,...

Jim Olsen and his team from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle have found a way to use scorpion...

Bruce Livett tells how he is using the venom of cone shells to cure pain...

We spoke to Gavin Laing, of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicne, about why snake venom is so potent, how we could...

Robyn Williams, from ABC Radio National's 'The Science Show' speaks to Glenn King about finding natural...

Ben finds out how to avoid being stung and make a great cup of tea at the same time.