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Podcast Surgeons

Biology and the human body

Podcast: Colour and cancer; scorpions and surgery - with Dr Henry Marsh and Dr Jim Olson

Is it possible to light up a cancer cell in the brain? Could scorpion venom be the answer?

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Podcast brain cancer chromosomes

Biology and the human body

Podcast: New genes from scratch - Aoife McLysaght

Aoife McLysaght explores the evolution of new genes, how they sometimes become essential, and the link between new genes and

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Podcast Variety of pills

Biology and the human body

Podcast: Future Pharma - With Expert Panel

For centuries we’ve been using chemicals to improve health, but technology is set to transform the way medicine works.

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Podcast XO enzyme inhibited by febuxostat

Biology and the human body

Podcast: Quantum biology - with Nigel Scrutton, Alexandra Olaya-Castro and Jenny Brookes

This month, three researchers explain how quantum theory is being applied to their own work in this cutting-edge field of

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Podcast Sculpture of Charles Darwin

Biology and the human body

Podcast: The Story of Life – with Matthew Cobb and Nick Lane

This month, Matthew Cobb and Nick Lane unravel the tangled story of DNA, and why life began in the first place.

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Podcast Man covered in sticky notes

Biology and the human body

Podcast: The Science of stress

This month, Vincent Walsh hosts an expert panel of Joe Herbert, Julie Turner Cobb, and Shane O’Mara, to explore the science of

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Podcast Three-dimensional landscape of the genome

Biology and the human body

Podcast: The gene machine - with Venki Ramakrishnan

This month, the Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan in conversation with Vivienne Parry, tells the story of the race to

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Podcast Endometriosis in the wall of the fallopian tube

Biology and the human body

Podcast: Endometriosis - myths, symptoms and future treatments

In this special extra podcast, Ri Digital Intern and PhD student, Madga Mareckova, sits down with her PhD supervisors, Krina

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Podcast Resting over a valley

Biology and the human body

Podcast: The art of rest – with Claudia Hammond

What is the difference between sleep and rest? What activities to people actually find restful? Why is rest important?

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 magnetic cobalt ferrite nanoparticles. tiny purple squares overlapping.

Discourses

Nanomaterials for the future of healthcare (Discourse)

Thu 24 Nov 2022

Discover the evolution of nanomaterials and their use in the future of healthcare.

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