ReGenesis Season Four (2008)

 

Episode 1 - TB or not TB

Can tuberculosis be resistant to drug treatment?
» Fact Sheet

Why are science communication and science literacy important?
» Science & Society


Episode 2 - La Consecuencia

Can a fungus trigger insensitivity to pain?
» Fact Sheet

TB, drugs and drug resistance: individual rights v. protecting the public
» Science & Society


Episode 3 - Hep Burn & Melnikov

Is it possible to combine four strains of hepatitis virus into one "super-strain" using cell cultures and/or mice?
» Fact Sheet

What does society expect of scientists?
» Science & Society


Episode 4 - The Kiss

Can you get pml from a dog cytomegalovirus?
» Fact Sheet


Episode 5 - Suspicious Minds

Is it possible to trap the hepatitis c virus with engineered red blood cells?
» Fact Sheet

What is autonomy, and why is it important in health care and research?
» Science & Society


Episode 6 - Race Fever

Are there health risks from space junk or satellites reentering the atmosphere?
» Fact Sheet

Does space need a maid?
» Science & Society


Episode 7 - Hearts and Minds

Can a drug that lowers immune response put someone at higher risk to develop the symptoms of chagas disease?
» Fact Sheet

Issues regarding disclosure v. suppression of clinical trial data.
» Science & Society


Episode 8 - Brood 14

Can crows become violent from a diet of copper sulfate-laced cicadas?
» Fact Sheet

Pesticides and the law of unintended consequences.
» Science & Society


Episode 9 – Unbottled

Is it possible to mutate the measles virus?
» Fact Sheet

Balancing risks and benefits in dual-use research.
» Science & Society


Episode 10 - What It Feels Like

Can cord blood from a half-sibling be used to treat aplastic anemia?
» Fact Sheet

The new age of reproduction: saviour siblings.
» Science & Society


Episode 11 – Bloodless

Is it possible to add DNA from a prehistoric cat to the cheetah genome?
» Fact Sheet

DNA barcoding: something for everyone.
» Science & Society


Episode 12 - The Sounds of Science

Is it possible to clone humans?
» Fact Sheet

What is a person? Is unnatural immoral?
» Science & Society


Episode 13 - The Truth

Can a flu epidemic reactivate fossil viruses?
» Fact Sheet

Can we improve humanity? What counts as improvement?
» Science & Society