April
2013 - Party for a Past Fellow and the Future of Medicine
In this episode,
we ask if growing old is an illness, hear about the potential of stem cells to
treat visual impairment and discuss the prospect of personal avatars in
computational biomedicine. We also explore the perils of predicting the
weather and celebrate the work of Darwin's friend, Sir John Lubbock.
00:40 Dr John Clark on Sir John
Lubbock,
07:40 Dr Rachel
Pearson from the Edinburgh Science Festival on her
work using stem cells to treat visual impairment,
13:07 Prof Peter Coveney FRS and Prof Peter Hunter
FRS on computational biomedicine for Interface
Focus,
19:05 Dr Matthew Piper URF on his Cafe
Scientifique: Is growing old an illness?
25:05 David
Shukman, Science Editor for BBC News, Tim Palmer FRS, Professor of Climate
Physics, and Liz Howell, Head of BBC Weather on predicting and reporting adverse
weather,
32:57 Dr Rachel Pearson answers, Why
Science?
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