Medical research
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- Posted5 February 2016
- Attribution
- Posted3 February 2016
The Inquiry. Are We Fighting Cancer the Right Way? Audio, 23 minutes
The rising number of cancer cases worldwide poses a challenge for doctors and governments
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted1 February 2016
Discovery. Life Changers - Kathryn Maitland. Audio, 27 minutes
Kathryn Maitland has a burning passion to transform clinical research across Africa.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service
- Available for over a year
The Life Scientific. Henry Marsh on brain surgery. Audio, 28 minutes
Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh talks to Jim Al-Khalili about slicing through our thoughts.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Tech Life. The Apple Watch is Coming. Audio, 27 minutes
Will the Apple Watch kick-start the wearable tech market? Rory Cellan-Jones presents.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service
- Available for over a year
The Life Scientific. Dame Sally Davies on public health. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim al-Khalili talks to Dame Sally Davies about looking after the nation's health.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Life Scientific. Jeremy Farrar on fighting viruses. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili in conversation with Dr Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Life Scientific. Mark Lythgoe. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili discusses medical imaging and mountain climbing with Prof Mark Lythgoe.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Pop-Up Economics. The Kidney Matchmaker. Audio, 15 minutes
The story of Al Roth, who worked out how to create a clearing-house for kidneys.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
All in the Mind. Mental Illness - The Remote Psychiatrist - Who Do You Think You Are? Audio, 30 minutes
Claudia Hammond unpicks the statistic that 1 in 4 people have a mental health problem.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Who Goes First? Audio, 30 minutes
Richard Uridge explores the pros and cons of self-experimentation by medical researchers.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Health Check. Learning. Audio, 14 minutes
Exploration into a technique of errorless learning
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service
- Available for over a year
Experiments that Changed the World. William Beaumont's Stomach Ache. Audio, 14 minutes
A look at the tube that goes from one end of our body to the other
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service
- Available for over a year
A Question of Science. Beating Malaria. Audio, 43 minutes
First broadcast in 1998. Malaria, the search for a cure
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service
- Available for over a year
Beyond The Millennium. Neuroscience. Audio, 13 minutes
An interview with Floyd Bloom, neuropharmacologist about the future of neuroscience.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service
- Available for over a year
A Question of Science. Diseases That Threaten Mankind. Audio, 43 minutes
First broadcast in 1997. The diseases creating new threats to mankind and animals
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- Available for over a year
