Medicine

Hear from the scientists who discovered and identified a worm inside a man's brain, and how they worked out how to...

This week the scientific Nobel prizes have been awarded, just as the Ebola death toll passes 7000.

In Dr Shahid's line of work they see plenty of people who get things stuck in their ears, ranging from bugs to...

What does sleep do to your ability to make new memories? Alice Kay investigates...

It is London in the year 2037, and Dmitri is full of surprises from his shadowy relationship with one of the few...

Chronotherapeuticsseeks to align drug treatments with an individual's body clock. The results can be impressive...

Do you find it harder to learn and adapt to new things than you once did? Do you find you're more forgetful than...

If a doctor offered you live eggs from a parasitic worm to treat your medical complaints, would you accept? Whipworms...

Cutting-edge research in epigenetics - the ways in which the environment can affect the behavior of genes - is changing...

Can I catch infectious diseases from my dog? And can they catch infections from me?

A genetic screen tells your doctor knows you are at increased risk of getting cancer. You’d want to know, right? Or...

Chicken eggs can be turned into incubators to produce disease-combating antibodies against human infections...

Parasitic worms that live in our intestines are currently being tested as medical treatments for diseases such as...

Decisions are not made equally. Situations, fatigue, hunger and a taxing day can all influence how we appraise and feel...

Your memories may be less reliable than you think. Research has shown that not only do our memories often play tricks...

Over the last 40 years, drugs have been developed that, as well as performing their original purpose of helping those...

The psychedelic drug psilocybin, the active principal of magic mushrooms, was once thought to have promising medical...

What do you do when you have freckles...um...down below? The discovery of a crop of pigmented spots on a sensitive body...

Dating codes are placed on food to indicate the food is safe to eat before this date. But how are these dates decided,...

Leukaemia is a deadly cancer of the blood affecting over 250,000 people every year, many of which are children. It isn...

Rare genetic mutations have been known to abolish pain, or to cause permanent agony. But what if subtle differences in...

In 2009, the synthetic stimulant mephedrone became a hugely popular recreational drug for young people in the UK while...

Microbial warfare is constantly happening all around us, and often humans can reap the benefits if the right bacteria...

Have you ever wondered why people donate their body to medical science? Or what goes on in the dissection room? Medical...