Interviews about Medicine

The largest ever African study in genetics involved multiple organisations, ten years, and 25 villages...

The known genes behind cholesterol don't apply for Ugandans - because environments are so different...

An avalanche survivor needs crucial kit to be rescued - but also needs emergency medical treatment...

Lawrence Jones is stuck beneath ten feet of snow. How can his friends find him in time?

Plus, Samoa declares a curfew and a mass vaccination campaign...

Scientists have tested all sorts of food in the lab to see which breaks down booze the best...

How does the possibility of sex influence how we present ourselves to others?

A cardiologist, physicist, immunologist and wine expert, and geneticist and dietitian take on your questions.

What's the chance of having twins in a pregnancy? This question, and many more....

How does organ donation work?

How close are scientists to growing new livers in the lab?

WHO has found that up to 80% of children worldwide are not getting enough exercise...

How close are scientists to growing a new heart in a lab?

One of the big challenges with making and sustaining organs in the lab is plumbing...

How close are we to growing a kidney in the laboratory?

Could electronic medical record systems help to spot sepsis risk sooner?

What do gut microbes have to do with Parkinson's Disease?

How can the gut microbiome influence the brain?

What can our gut feel?

What is intuition and "gut instinct" and where does it come from?

And why urban living and low socioeconomic situations make it more likely to happen...

For babies, hiccups might actually help their brains develop...

What questions might phenomics answer?

How do we study phenomics?