Cancer PART 1 - Immune Mechanisms

In this final episode I meet with Prof Ole Petersen, CBE FRS, and we discuss in detail both scientific philosophy and what it takes to make a good scientist. Does art give you the capabilities to think outside the box? .

In this episode I meet with Jo Le Gleud, one half of the award-winning interior design company Maddox Creative. We describe the skills Jo has felt have made her business successful, but also how science and scientific thinking has helped that.

What can you do with the skills you learn from your science degree? How do you make the leap from being a successful business woman into an award winning photographer? Join me as I meet the extraordinary photographer Yasmin Crawford who has identified the magical interstices between art and science disciplines as 'The Grey Space'.

In this episode we discuss the importance of art in education, what it takes to win the 'Astronomy Photographer of the Year' award, and the importance of other non-scientific subjects when learning science.

Do sciences need art? I think so. A conversation with the director of the world famous Hunterian Museum in London to discuss the importance of the museum to scientific discovery and her opinions on the importance of art in education, especially science. Sponsored by the physiological Society. 'Theres no question you can’t understand medicine without ....... art.'

A brief view into these marvellous proteins that enable the efficient fighting off of infection

Continuing on from Part 1, this podcast examines the ways the tumours can evade our immune system and the cunning ways scientists and medics are fighting back.

Here the basics of cancer immunology are covered- what evidence is there that we even have an immunological response to cancer?

A brief tour of the immunology system continuing with B cells- what are they and what do they do?

How do we get activated T cells? What starts the ball rolling? This short lecture follows the molecular activation of cytotoxic T cells and Helper T cells.