Cells

It's time we better understand why our bodies flare up more as we get older, says biochemist Judith Campisi. Audio

New research out of the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne shows that exposure to a chemical in commonly used plastic items increasing your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Audio

 Dr Justin O'Sullivan from the Liggins Institute explains the break through they've made in understanding why people with type 1 diabetes often contract seemingly unrelated diseases by using 3D gene… Audio

A 13-year-old was held in police cells overnight, and wasn't released until concerned lawyers stepped in. Hours later the charges against him were dropped. Edward Gay has more. Audio

Mark Temple of Western Sydney University is a molecular biologist and a musician who's developed a way to turn DNA into music, so now you can 'hear' a genetic mutation. Audio

A cure for cancer isn't that far away, reckons engineering professor Steve Henry. His local tech outfit has developed a way to change the appearance of cancer cells so that the immune system can… Audio

Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists on a discovery by a team of Australian researchers which has found that the venom of one of the world's most dangerous spiders can protect brain cells after a… Audio

Professor Aviv Regev from MIT is one of the leaders of The Human Cell Atlas, an ambitious project that aims to map the 35 trillion cells in our body that make us who we are. It's been described as a… Audio