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A discussion of the problems caused by genetic engineering.

The cell wall is a crucial structure found in almost all bacteria. It is the target for our best antibiotics and fragments of the wall trigger powerful innate immune responses against infection. Surprisingly, many bacteria can switch almost effortl....

This episode covers the symptoms and theorized causes of the Autism Spectrum Disorders.

This episode outlines details about Wilson disease, a rare disorder involving the amounts of copper in the body,  and the negative effects on vision and different organs.

The accidental discovery of this wonderful tool has changed the face of biology.

Intracellular synthesis is immensely fast and complex.

The importance of transcription in cells and its effect on disease.

How genes act to control the functioning of cells.

One of the major parasites is striga, a weed that sucks the juice and nutrients from cereal crops such as millet, sorghum and maize and causes great yield losses. A single striga plant can produce hundreds of thousands of seeds. The seeds are so tiny....

Striga (witchweed) is a parasitic weed that seriously constrains the productivity of staples such as maize, sorghum, millet and upland rice on some farms in Uganda.  Kilimo Trust supported this initiative to try and control its spread.