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What if we could diagnose some of the world's deadliest diseases by the smells our bodies give off? In a fascinating talk and live demo, biologist James Logan introduces Freya, a malaria-sniffing dog, to show how we can harness the awesome powers of animal scent to detect chemical signatures associated with infection – and change the way we diagnose disease.

Explore the science of why mixing drugs and drug interactions with other substances can lead to dangerous health complications.

This brief video shows step by step how PerkinElmer Signals™ Screening automates HCS workflows. Powered by TIBCO Spotfire®, Signals Screening provides an embedded app store for easy access to common software tools for curve fitting, image analysis, and much more. Handle big data for faster, more efficient drug discovery. Plus easily share and re-use your experiments.

Presented by GPC applications specialist Dr Kyle Williams this 30 minute introduction offers a comprehensive educational insight into the technology and its applications.

Professor Mark Blaxter, Lead of the Tree of Programme at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, explains how the Darwin Tree of Life project will help conservation efforts across the UK. The ambitious project aims to ultimately read the DNA code (genomes) of all 60,000 complex species (birds, animals, fish, plants and parasites) found in the UK.

EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has helped UNICEF store the text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in synthetic DNA. The capsule containing the DNA will be safely kept in the permafrost in the Arctic World Archive, in Svalbard, Norway.

The immune system is constantly on the lookout for threats, but cancer isn’t always easy to spot. Some cancer cells can fly under the radar. Now, advanced sequencing technologies are enabling scientists to investigate the unique genetics of both cancers and immune responses in individual patients. This means researchers can develop treatments that boost the immune system and help the body win its battle against cancer.

The elephant is a creature of epic proportions — and yet, it owes its enormity to more than 1,000 trillion microscopic cells. And on the epically small end of things, there are likely millions of unicellular species, yet there are very few we can see with the naked eye. Why is that?

Brachytherapy has a robust track record as a treatment for prostate cancer. But this treatment seems to be going out of fashion, in favor of more modern, more expensive alternatives. Since evidence suggests that brachytherapy is cost-effective for some patients, many oncologists are keen to make sure it remains an option.

This video from Neuro Transmission breaks down what we know about the neuroscience of Alzheimer's Disease (or Alzheimer Disease) and provides a solid foundation for anyone who is hoping to get a little more information on this type of dementia.