Genetics

The great gene editing debate: can it be safe and ethical?
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BBC InDepth
Posted
11 September 2024
Will humans keep getting smarter? Video, 00:05:49
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BBC
Posted
29 August 2024
CrowdScience. Why is my handwriting so messy? Audio, 30 minutes
Alex Lathbridge explores the genetics, culture and neuroscience of handwriting
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Army backtracks on teen rejected over breast-cancer gene
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Health
Posted
24 May 2024
'I know I'm going to have early onset dementia'
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Wales
Posted
21 April 2024
Mila's Legacy. Audio, 28 minutes
One mother’s efforts to save her child could start a revolution in personalised medicine.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
KS2 Science: How the human body grows
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BBC Teach
Posted
13 March 2024
Mum urges people to join rare disease research
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Oxford
Posted
29 February 2024
Jewish people offered gene test for cancer risk
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Health
Posted
1 February 2024
NHS whole-gene screening helps tailor cancer care
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Health
Posted
11 January 2024
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Scientists crack mystery of how MS gene spread
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Health
Posted
10 January 2024
Hunt for the Oldest DNA. Video, 59 minutes
The dramatic quest to recover ancient DNA and reveal a lost world from before the Ice Age.
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BBC Four
Available for over a year
New test to prevent hearing loss in newborns
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Sussex
Posted
7 December 2023
Covid study: mRNA vaccines could be fine-tuned
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Health
Posted
6 December 2023
Fewer cousins marrying in Bradford, study suggests
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UK
Posted
18 November 2023
The turbo-charged plants that could boost farm output
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Business
Posted
19 September 2023
Study finds link between genes and athletic ability
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Essex
Posted
31 July 2023
University granted £46m for genetics project
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Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland
Posted
24 July 2023
Testing begins in Orkney for breast cancer gene
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NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Posted
3 July 2023
The quest to grow the perfect strawberry
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Business
Posted
30 June 2023
The Life Scientific. Anne Ferguson-Smith on unravelling epigenetics. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili unravels the tangled chains of genetic (and epigenetic) inheritance.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio
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Health
Posted
14 June 2023