Genetics

The Inquiry. Should We Fear ‘Designer Babies’? Audio, 23 minutes
The technology to edit our baby's DNA has arrived
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Science In Action. A Path to Malaria Eradication. Audio, 27 minutes
Zanzibar has reduced malaria infections by over 95 per cent
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Explainer: What is gene editing? Video, 00:00:54
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Health
Posted
6 June 2016
China turns on 'gene editing' scientist
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China
Posted
21 January 2019
Iron disease 'bigger threat than we knew'
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Devon
Posted
17 January 2019
Live Wires. The science of obesity: Is it all in the genes? Audio, 37 minutes
Is losing weight about eating less - or are we fighting biology? Dr. Giles Yeo explains.
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BBC Radio 5 Live
Available for over a year
The breakthroughs that could save our lives
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Health
Posted
29 December 2018
Scottish wildcats 'functionally extinct'
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Scotland
Posted
20 December 2018
Science In Action. Mega Microbes. Audio, 27 minutes
Scientists reveal an abundance of life hidden in rocks beneath the world’s oceans
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
What coffee does to your brain. The Food Chain. Audio, 00:02:14
What does caffeine do to our bodies, and why does it affect us all differently?
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BBC World Service
Posted
12 December 2018
Gene study unravels redheads mystery
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Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland
Posted
11 December 2018
DNA mapping project 'to transform society'
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Health
Posted
5 December 2018
Good genes? The sisters who put the rest of us to shame
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Business
Posted
3 December 2018
China probes gene baby 'violations'
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China
Posted
29 November 2018
Beyond Today. What’s wrong with designer babies? Audio, 18 minutes
A scientist in China says he has created the world’s first genetically modified babies.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Scientist defends 'gene-edited' babies
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China
Posted
28 November 2018
China baby gene editing claim 'dubious'
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Health
Posted
26 November 2018
The Life Scientific. Mike Stratton and cancer genes. Audio, 28 minutes
Mike Stratton talks about searching for cancer genes with Jim al-Khalili.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
'I was in excruciating pain from excess iron'
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Health
Posted
11 November 2018
CrowdScience. Can We Make an Artificial Womb? Audio, 27 minutes
Exploring what we would need to make a baby outside the body
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Project to decode 'all complex life'
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Science & Environment
Posted
1 November 2018
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World's longest DNA sequence decoded
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Science & Environment
Posted
31 October 2018
The Nigerian town where twins are everywhere. Video, 00:00:56
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Africa
Posted
27 October 2018
Finger length 'could be clue to sexuality'
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Health
Posted
17 October 2018