Putting numbers on how well looked after the animals that end up on our plate are...
Interviews with Scientists
Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...
18 October 2016
Could new genetic editing technology provide a much needed treatment for sickle cell disease?
18 October 2016
Could a bunch of computer programmers be the answer to the illegal wildlife trade?
18 October 2016
How did the hospital become an integral part of society?
18 October 2016
How do you train a student in all the skills required to be a fantastic doctor?
18 October 2016
Infection is one of the biggest risks from a trip to the hospital, so how is it minimised?
18 October 2016
As our health services face increasing demand could a new app help lessen the load?
10 October 2016
It's time for our Gene of the Month, and this time it’s Pokémon - or rather, Zbtb7.
10 October 2016
The latest tests promise to tell parents whether their kid is cut out for certain sports and activities. But are they...
10 October 2016
Tony Gordon from Genesis Genetics talks about the ways in which he and his team can test embryos and fetuses for...
10 October 2016
The genetic faults and variations that influence the risk of many types of cancer...
10 October 2016
NICE has approved 'breakthrough' lung cancer drug osimertinib, which has twice the success rate of existing...
10 October 2016
...and they're a thousand times thinner than a human hair.
10 October 2016
...and it was done by hacking people's web cams.
10 October 2016
Three Brits take the prize for their discoveries on abrupt changes in the properties, or phases, of ultra-thin...
10 October 2016
...and it's nothing to do with a calcium deficiency.
10 October 2016
How cells degrade and recycle their cellular various components is what won the Nobel in medicine this year.
10 October 2016
It's the first time genes have been implicated in food preference.
10 October 2016
There are more people quitting that ever before and that's partly thanks to e-cigs but could they also be bad for...
07 October 2016
The ways that plants respond to drought can be changed
07 October 2016
Modelling the effectiveness of bednets against mosquitoes and malaria...
07 October 2016
The drug rapamycin increases life expectancy in middle-aged mice
07 October 2016
Exploring the neuroscience of the cocktail party effect: why poor listeners pay less attention
07 October 2016
Fragments of ancient proteins are preserved in ostrich eggshells...