Interviews with Scientists

DNA, life’s genetic code, can be found tightly packaged inside chromosomes. And at the end of these chromosomes are...

A local election result was altered by neutron rain interacting with an e-voting computer. How can we design against...

How do E. coli kill off their siblings in an overpopulated and underresourced world? ISIS shows us how...

Best known for Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge, the Avon Gorge in Bristol, southwest England is also home to several...

We investigate the power of social media by attempting to create a global Mexican Wave across twitter...

How a dose of the right DNA can dampen a seizure...

This week, the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases included a rather unusual detective story – one where rapid DNA...

Bed bug infestations are on the rise. Although UK has been relatively clear of them for the last 50 years, we are now...

Bed bugs are one of a very small handful of species who demonstrate an unusual type of mating behaviour known as ‘...

A major news story in the UK this month has been the discovery of Ash dieback disease, a fungal infection that destroys...

What happens to the hormone disrupting chemicals found in contraceptive pills or hormone replacement therapies once...

cases of bed bug infestations we’ve heard are on the rise, but how do you know you’ve actually got them and what can...

Our gene of the month is Mind Bomb. First described in zebrafish, fish with faults in their Mind Bomb gene have big...

Dr Matt Holden at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge reveals how advances in genome sequencing are helping researchers...

Tiny bacteria living in stinky mud can gang up to create tiny electrical nanowires.

Researchers have found that a person's genes may affect how likely they are to respond to the placebo effect.

Researchers have found worryingly low levels of genetic diversity in koala bears

Bacterial infections cause millions of deaths around the world every year. But countless more aren’t fatal yet cause...

Cancer spread causes 9 out of 10 cancer deaths. We’re joined by Dr. Joan Masague who is trying to understand how...

One of the key problems in the treatment of cancer is that tumours, having initially responded very nicely to a course...

Cows milk is a remarkable food – not only for drinking, but for cheese and butter, yoghurt and cream. So when did we...

Is breast cancer screening beneficial? A paper in the Lancet this week examines the pros and cons...

Most deaths from cancer occur when the disease spreads – or metastasises - to other parts of the body. But we know very...

Current cancer therapies often involve using drugs that are toxic to rapidly growing cells and this inevitably means...