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Minds on Medicine: Can Cancer be Combatted?
Cancer is a highly prevalent, multifaceted and unique disease that kills one in five individuals. Find out about the onset, characteristics and treatment of Cancer with an Oxford Medic. Could genome sequencing give rise to new treatments? Is the dream of a single ‘cure’ a practical one in combatting the destructive disease?
Social Neuroscience: From Neural Mechanisms to Social Behaviour
Social neuroscience is the study of the role of biological systems in implementing social behaviour. Specific brain areas have been found to be specialised and particularly responsive during social interactions, and not activated in non-social conditions. Find out about the ‘social brain’ and how understanding, empathy and altruism can all be explained by neuroscience.
Minds on Medicine: The Miracle of Microbiota
Did you know that you have ten times more bacterial cells in your body than human cells? Find out about the ever-increasing roles for our bacteria or ‘microbiota’ that are being discovered and the latest Medical treatments that make use of them.