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Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists

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Will Tingle

From plants to pathogens, fruit flies to fungi and hamsters to humans, Naked Genetics takes a look at the science of genes. With in-depth interviews and the latest discoveries from the world of genetics, tune in for a look inside your genes...

From plants to pathogens, fruit flies to fungi and hamsters to humans, Naked Genetics takes a look at the science of genes. With in-depth interviews and the latest discoveries from the world of genetics, tune in for a look inside your genes...

#109

CRISPR: the cutting edge of gene editing

In this edition of Naked Genetics, we take a closer look at CRISPR gene editing. What is i... more

12 Mar 2025

29 MINS

29:53

12 Mar 2025

#108

Debunking 'junk' DNA

In this episode of Naked Genetics: What new DNA techniques are revealing about human sacri... more

09 Dec 2024

32 MINS

32:47

09 Dec 2024

#107

Will It Sequence? Synthetic DNA

In this episode of Naked Genetics: How much of your personality is down to your DNA; we al... more

09 Oct 2024

24 MINS

24:43

09 Oct 2024

#106

Will It Sequence? 700-year-old DNA

In this episode of Naked Genetics: A mammoth discovery in ancient DNA structure; on the su... more

23 Aug 2024

21 MINS

21:17

23 Aug 2024

#105

Will It Sequence: How effective is handwashing?

In this episode of Naked Genetics: The risk factors between schizophrenia and substance us... more

16 Jul 2024

19 MINS

19:24

16 Jul 2024

#104

Will It Sequence? What grows on your food?

In this episode of Naked Genetics: What the latest genetics research has to say about rest... more

07 Jun 2024

24 MINS

24:41

07 Jun 2024

#103

Will It Sequence? Hunting drug resistant bugs

In this month's edition of Naked Genetics: Why a genetic bottleneck created decades ago me... more

03 May 2024

22 MINS

22:37

03 May 2024

#102

ADHD advantages, and mining microbiomes

This episode of Naked Genetics: has the evolutionary advantage to ADHD been uncovered? Als... more

05 Apr 2024

22 MINS

22:40

05 Apr 2024

#101

The roamin' Roman Empire, and Charles Darwin's love life

In this edition of Naked Genetics: The surprising findings of a roman empire diversity stu... more

28 Feb 2024

28 MINS

28:36

28 Feb 2024

#100

The origin of Europe's MS disease, and South Pole sequencing

This episode of Naked Genetics, the origins of multiple sclerosis markers in northern Euro... more

22 Jan 2024

27 MINS

27:42

22 Jan 2024

#99

Testing for genetic diseases, and bats with big penises

This episode of Naked Genetics, we catch up with our genetics experts and look into the ho... more

15 Dec 2023

27 MINS

27:50

15 Dec 2023

#98

Is vegetarianism genetic, and the penis-eating spider

This episode, we catch up with some of the more curious genetics news from the past month ... more

14 Nov 2023

30 MINS

30:46

14 Nov 2023

#97

COVID In Your Genes: The Risk Factors

Do our genes control how we respond to COVID? The question has been nagging at the world s... more

14 Apr 2021

29 MINS

29:46

14 Apr 2021

#96

The Genes Who Came in for the Cold

How do we cope at the extremes of low temperature? Across the world, groups of people have... more

17 Mar 2021

29 MINS

29:37

17 Mar 2021

#95

How To Tell Coronavirus Variants Apart

We're looking at the most critical variants of the coronavirus, and finding out how to tel... more

24 Feb 2021

28 MINS

28:32

24 Feb 2021

#94

Identical Twins: Not Identical?

Meet the small DNA differences that make their mark by existing in the magical period of e... more

15 Jan 2021

28 MINS

28:45

15 Jan 2021

#93

RNA vaccines, privacy, and penguins

The first group of people in the world have received a 'genetic' vaccine against the coron... more

17 Dec 2020

24 MINS

24:03

17 Dec 2020

#92

Mink, Ivory, & a Disease Discovered Backwards

It's a regular Noah's Ark: from the coronavirus strains that have been spreading through m... more

13 Nov 2020

27 MINS

27:11

13 Nov 2020

#91

Slave Trade, Neanderthals, & COVID

This week: a risk factor for severe COVID that comes from Neanderthals; using genes to tra... more

16 Oct 2020

28 MINS

28:22

16 Oct 2020

#90

How To Survive Poison

This week, a message from Naked Scientists listener Loretta. "I'm curious if your show mig... more

14 Sep 2020

29 MINS

29:54

14 Sep 2020

#89

The Inner Lives of Birds

Tweet tweet! We're talking birds, and the incredible things they can do. Today we're spotl... more

19 Aug 2020

28 MINS

28:40

19 Aug 2020

#88

Female Mosaicism: The Stronger Sex?

The same thing that makes the patchwork colours on a tortoiseshell cat, also - according t... more

15 Jul 2020

27 MINS

27:00

15 Jul 2020

#87

Fermented foods: the real deal?

We take a look at the trendy world of fermented foods. Are they actually good for you? And... more

15 Jun 2020

29 MINS

29:55

15 Jun 2020

#86

ACE2: The Coronavirus Gateway

Are you one of the many people who take ACE inhibitors or ARBs to treat high blood pressur... more

14 May 2020

34 MINS

34:01

14 May 2020

#85

The Coronavirus Mutation Situation

In this episode we're taking apart the tiny creature behind this global pandemic. From how... more

15 Apr 2020

25 MINS

25:03

15 Apr 2020

#84

Gene Genealogy & The Lost Family

One of the biggest tech booms of the past half decade has been direct to consumer DNA test... more

14 Mar 2020

24 MINS

24:08

14 Mar 2020

#83

FOXG1 Syndrome: Fighting the Odds

Listener Vivek got in touch with a question about a rare genetic disease his son has, call... more

20 Feb 2020

25 MINS

25:08

20 Feb 2020

#82

The Fly Infest-agation

We got a Christmas present from listener Anna: a small plastic tube full of dead flies. Th... more

14 Jan 2020

28 MINS

28:08

14 Jan 2020

#81

African genetics and ethics

There are very few African studies in genetics. And on the whole, there is a big European ... more

14 Dec 2019

28 MINS

28:56

14 Dec 2019