Disease

Researchers turn faecal transplant into frozen poo capsule that can be taken orally, and the outbreak of a polio like disease in the US. Audio

When New Zealand nurse Donna Collins first put on her full protective gear on to work with ebola patients in Sierra Leone she feared she would look like a martian and frighten people already terrified… Audio

The Government says all necessary measures are in place to detect and respond to Ebola should it reach this country. Audio

Siouxsie Wiles discusses the world's largest DNA origami created, a soft robot and new genetic discoveries regarding links to disease. Audio

The genetic revolution going on with DNA sequencing technology shrinking in size and in cost. Professor Mike Berridge and David Eccles from the Malaghan Instiutute demo some of the new technology. Audio

Sharon Moalem is an award winning geneticist, scientist and New York Times bestselling author. His work focusses on bringing together genetics, biology, and medicine to explain how the human body… Audio

Professor Martin Blaser claims that antibiotic use could be making us fat, and contributing to a rise in autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. He is the author of "Missing Microbes: How Killing… Audio

George Preti of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadephia thinks that smell could help us diagnose illnesses in their earliest stages. Audio

Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith. This week, 3D printing eye cells....could this be a way to restore people's sight? Also with millions of air travellers criss-crossing the globe every day, a new way… Audio

A recent paper published in the British Medical Journal says evidence is mounting that medicine is harming healthy people through ever earlier detection and wider definitions of disease. We speak to… Audio

Nigel French and his team are identifying and tracing zoonoses - human diseases that come from animals Audio