Episode 11: April 2014

Chapters

1. 0:40

   Getting to grips with pain

   Drugs could treat neuropathic pain more effectively if they targeted more than one type of ion channel.
2. 7:03

   Target practice

   Viruses have been used to deliver two types of nucleases into cells for targeted gene editing.
3. 13:33

   All change in the pancreas

   Generating different types of hormone secreting cells from human tissue sources could lead to new treatments for diabetes.
4. 18:47

   Life goes on

   Learning more about the genes that allow flatworms to regenerate organs and tissue after amputation.
5. 24:19

   Old before their time

   A protein that regulates metabolism in worms also helps to protect them from the effects of aging.