Disease

Steve Punt turns private investigator to reopen a mysterious case of collapsing children.

Can we beat bacteria by stopping the bugs from talking to each other?

Adam Rutherford reports on the recent discovery that much of our DNA is not useless junk.

How much control do we really have over our bodies and health?

Creating Blood: Vivienne Parry meets scientists hoping to create artificial blood.

Geoff Watts explores new techniques in gene therapy for cystic fibrosis.

Louis travels to Phoenix, Arizona - the capital of dementia care.

First broadcast in 2012, Louis visits a school for autistic children in New Jersey.

Vivienne Parry explores the crucial role the hormone leptin plays in the body.

In a new series, Geoff Watts investigates the bacteria flourishing on our bodies.

Richard Hollingham asks if legislation to control nanoparticles is adequate.

Geoff Watts looks past failures and future hopes for vaccine development.

Sue Broom catches up on progress in stem cell research.

Sue Nelson goes behind the headlines to find out how alcohol affects our health.

Claudia Hammond investigates new research connecting moral revulsion with physiology.

Peter Evans looks at the microscopic attachments that have suddenly taken centre stage.

The national campaign against HIV/AIDS in Mozambique

Animal lifestock health and treatments for rinderpest

Bad bacteria, how they spread and the diseases they can cause

In 2001 five million South Africans were living with HIV

How does foot and mouth disease affect wildlife and domestic animals around the world?

Predictions of changing burdens of disease in the developing world