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Medical Detectives (audio)

A series of lectures, inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, will highlight the University of Edinburgh’s internationally acclaimed medical research and show that keen detective work is still essential f... Read more

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Prof. Peter Sandercock - Unravelling the Mystery of Stroke Disease - The Clue's in the Numbers...

Prof. Peter Sandercock - Unravelling the Mystery of Stroke Disease - The Clue's in the Numbers...

Professor Peter Sandercock, Personal Chair in Medical Neurology, presents the fourth lecture in the 2014 Medical Detecti... Read more

1 Jun 2018

56mins

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Prof. Aziz Sheikh - The Sign of Three: An Investigation into the Epidemic of Itch, Sneeze and Wheeze

Prof. Aziz Sheikh - The Sign of Three: An Investigation into the Epidemic of Itch, Sneeze and Wheeze

Professor Aziz Sheikh, Professor of Primary Care Research & Development and Co-Director of the University's Centre f... Read more

1 Jun 2018

50mins

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Dr Richard Chin - Unlocking the Mysteries of Childhood Epilepsy

Dr Richard Chin - Unlocking the Mysteries of Childhood Epilepsy

Dr Chin addresses some of the major challenges in childhood epilepsy: identifying the cause, finding better treatments, ... Read more

1 Jun 2018

57mins

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Dr Jeffrey Schoenebeck - Doggedly Dependent: A Canine Story of Human Intervention and Form

Dr Jeffrey Schoenebeck - Doggedly Dependent: A Canine Story of Human Intervention and Form

No other terrestrial species of animal is as diverse in its morphology as man's best friend, the dog. Today more than fo... Read more

1 Jun 2018

56mins

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Prof. Charles ffrench-Constant - Why Doesn't the Brain Repair Itself?

Prof. Charles ffrench-Constant - Why Doesn't the Brain Repair Itself?

Professor Charles ffrench-Constant, Professor of Multiple Sclerosis Research, presents the Medical Detectives lecture, "... Read more

1 Jun 2018

1hr 2mins

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Prof. Stephen Lawrie - Scanning for a Diagnostic Test for Schizophrenia

Prof. Stephen Lawrie - Scanning for a Diagnostic Test for Schizophrenia

Professor Stephen Lawrie, Professor of Psychiatry and Head of the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh,... Read more

1 Jun 2018

53mins

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Prof. Stephen Wigmore - The Case of the Vanishing Yellow Man

Prof. Stephen Wigmore - The Case of the Vanishing Yellow Man

Professor Stephen Wigmore, Professor of Transplantation Surgery and Honorary Consultant Surgeon at The University of Edi... Read more

1 Jun 2018

38mins

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Dr Angela Thomas - Curing Leukaemia; Mustard Gas, Guinea Pigs and DNA

Dr Angela Thomas - Curing Leukaemia; Mustard Gas, Guinea Pigs and DNA

Dr Angela Thomas is an honorary senior lecturer within Child Life and Health at the University of Edinburgh. From First ... Read more

1 Jun 2018

59mins

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Prof Siddarthan Chandran - Stem cell research

Prof Siddarthan Chandran - Stem cell research

Professor Siddharthan Chandran is Director of the Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research at the Univer... Read more

1 Jun 2018

55mins

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Prof Brian Walker - Stress hormones and heart disease: the clue is in a mixed up colorist

Prof Brian Walker - Stress hormones and heart disease: the clue is in a mixed up colorist

Great strides have been taken in preventing and treating heart disease, yet it remains one of the biggest serial killers... Read more

1 Jun 2018

59mins

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