Can Science Make Me Perfect? with Alice Roberts

3: Hidden World | Botany: A Blooming History

Timothy Walker looks at how pioneer botanists unlocked the patterns found in different types of plants and opened the door to a ...

Artificial selection | Short Circuit

The breeding of racehorses with desirable characteristics is an example of artificial selection.

Brave New World | Storyville

There are many moral and ethical concerns about the extent to which science should utilise our knowledge of genetic engineering.

Consultation announced on gene editing | Farming Today

The government are going to hold a consultation in the autumn on whether to allow gene editing. Charlotte Smith hears ...

Discovering the holy grail | Storyville

A yoghurt company discovered their holy grail, which just happened to be CRISPR: a microbial immune system.

Embryonic stem cells | i-Science

Stem cell research raises ethical issues, which makes some people uncomfortable about it, in spite of the potential benefits.

Engineering the genome | Storyville

Gene therapy, is contoversial, complex, yet valuable science.

Genetically Modified Papaya | Bang Goes the Theory

An examination of the need for, and the potential issues with, the genetic modification of papayas in Hawaii.

IVF | How Science Changed Our World

Professor Robert Winston meets families who benefitted from breakthrough's in research which lead to IVF treatments.

Programmable protein | Storyville

CRISPR could potentially help people with inherited diseases, such as sickle cell disease, in the future.

Robert Bakewell | Countryfile

Adam finds out about his farming hero, Robert Bakewell. Back in the 18th century, Bakewell introduced the concept of selective breeding into fa...

S4E6 | Bang Goes the Theory

Liz Bonnin looks at the controversial science of genetically modified crops in Hawaii, while Dallas tries to remedy Jem's dust allergy by making ...

Selective breeding | Countryfile

For thousands of years we have been selectively breeding farm animals to make them more and more productive. But in recent years there has b...

Selective breeding and the 'Green Revolution' | Botany: A Blooming History

Norman Borlaug used selective breeding techniques to improve wheat production in Mexico. He produc...

The Gene Race | Horizon

Two teams of researchers, one in US, one in UK use radically different genetic techniques in the race to find an effective treatment against cystic f...

The genetic modification debate | Science Britannica - Learning Zone

Brian Cox explores the science behind the genetic modification of plants, and the ongoing debate around ...

The human genome | i-Science

Whether genetic technology causes social harms is really up to us and how we choose to use it.

The perfect human? | Can science make me perfect? With Alice Roberts

What evolution has provided us with is a human body that works as a whole package: you can't replace ind...

Variation, inheritance and the work of Mendel | Botany: A Blooming History

How pioneer botanists opened the door to a new branch of science - plant genetics.

Vavilov and the first seed banks | Botany: A Blooming History

Nikolai Vavilov’s work crossing plant varieties led him to establish the first seed bank.