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Professor Alice Roberts talks bacteriophages: viruses that infect the bacteria that infect us. With the rise of antibiotic resistance they are a potential weapon against infection. We hear from Pau...l Hebert, the biologist behind the International Barcode of Life project – a global effort to classify the entire world's species according to their DNA. Bristol researchers have discovered that it is more than scent and colour that draws a bee to a flower – there is also an electric field. Claire Turner from the Open University shows us the instrument she uses to detect disease. It can sense when a heart transplant patient is rejecting their new organ, purely through monitoring their breath.
Professor Alice Roberts talks bacteriophages: viruses that infect the bacteria that infect us. With the rise of antibiotic resistance they are a potential weapon against infection. We hear from Pau...l Hebert, the biologist behind the International Barcode of Life project – a global effort to classify the entire world's species according to their DNA. Bristol researchers have discovered that it is more than scent and colour that draws a bee to a flower – there is also an electric field. Claire Turner from the Open University shows us the instrument she uses to detect disease. It can sense when a heart transplant patient is rejecting their new organ, purely through monitoring their breath.
| Series: | Inside science |
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| First transmission date: | 2013-12-13 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Published: | 2014 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:30:00 |
| Note: | Radio 4 version |
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| Producer: | Marnie Chesterton |
| Presenter: | Alice Roberts |
| Contributors: | Alice Roberts; Paul Herbert; Roland Pease; Claire Turner; Martha Clokie; Adam Rutherford |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Production number: | AUDA846B |
| Available to public: | no |
