Using circulating DNA to detect and monitor cancer

The case of the missing chromosomes

In this episode of Genetics Unzipped, presenter Dr Sally Le Page explores the gruesome side of family life in the natural world, getting stuck into a spot of cannibalism and asking: “When exactly should you eat your relatives?”

The strange science of cephalopods

The power of randomness

The science of xenotransplantation

The viruses that made us human

Exciting ideas for biological mailbags

We’re exploring groundbreaking discoveries about the secret sex lives of cancer cells, and what it means for our understanding of tumour growth, evolution and treatment.

From migration to the modern day