Genetics
The Life Scientific. Molly Stevens. Audio, 30 minutes
Jim al-Khalili talks to a scientist who grows human bones in a test tube, Molly Stevens.
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The Life Scientific. Paul Nurse. Audio, 30 minutes
Jim meets Paul Nurse, Nobel prize-winning geneticist and President of the Royal Society.
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Four Thought. Series 2, Steve Jones: The Legacy of Eugenics. Audio, 15 minutes
Biologist Steve Jones reflects on the legacy of the father of eugenics, Francis Galton.
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In Our Time. The Origins of Infectious Disease. Audio, 42 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of infectious disease.
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Frontiers. 08/06/2011. Audio, 30 minutes
Sue Broom meets the scientists using GM technology to control animal disease.
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The Jukes - Bad Blood or Bad Science. Audio, 30 minutes
Steve Jones asks if people can be 'born bad"'- as was said of the infamous Jukes family.
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Frontiers. Epigenetics. Audio, 30 minutes
Do our children inherit the impact of our life experiences as well as our genes?
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Frontiers. GM Crops. Audio, 30 minutes
Is now the time right for Europe to allow widespread cultivation of GM crops?
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The Naming of Genes. Audio, 30 minutes
Sue Broom cracks the code of the cryptic names that are given to genes by scientists.
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Desert Island Discs. Professor Dame Kay Davies. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is geneticist Professor Dame Kay Davies.
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Analysis. My DNA. Audio, 28 minutes
Ben Hammersley investigates the predictive genetics industry.
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In Our Time. Lysenkoism. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg examines the destructive career of the Soviet geneticist Trofim Lysenko.
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Desert Island Discs. Alec Jeffreys. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is geneticist Alec Jeffreys.
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In Our Time. Genetic Mutation. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg discusses mutation in genetics and evolution.
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Frontiers. Neanderthal DNA. Audio, 30 minutes
Andrew Luck-Baker describes scientists' efforts to sequence Neanderthal DNA.
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Ethnic Drugs: The Magic Bullet? Audio, 30 minutes
Connie St Louis investigates ethnic marketing in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Frontiers. Artificial Life. Audio, 30 minutes
Peter Evans investigates a new, yet controversial field of synthetic biology.
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Agenda. Genetic Research – Interview with Sir Paul Nurse. Audio, 26 minutes
Interview with Sir Paul Nurse, British biochemist and Nobel laureate
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The Archive Hour. A Twist to Life. Audio, 60 minutes
Professor Steve Jones tells the story of DNA and its discovery.
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Agenda. 'Human Genome Belongs to Everyone,' says John Sulston, Nobel Laureate. Audio, 26 minutes
John Sulston on his Nobel Prize, and the race to map the human genome and keep it free
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Agenda. Getting the Measure of Human Nature. Audio, 26 minutes
Can innate human nature – why we are the way we are – be quantified?
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Essential Guide. Gene Pioneers - Part Three. Audio, 28 minutes
Molecular biologist Inda Vermer talks about gene therapy
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Essential Guide. Gene Pioneers - Part Two. Audio, 29 minutes
How Francis Collins and John Sulston got involved in the Human Genome Project
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Essential Guide. Gene Pioneers - Part One. Audio, 29 minutes
Molecular geneticist Maxine Singer talks about DNA research and genetic manipulation
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