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Type 2 Diabetes

Epidemiologist Nick Wareham on the discovery of insulin, clinical diagnostic tests for diabetes, and the thrifty metabolism hypothesis

Dysconnection Hypothesis of Schizophrenia

Neuroscientist Karl Friston on split personality, the nature of mental disorders, and the possibility of a therapeutic cure of schizophrenia.

Huntington’s Disease

Molecular Neurogeneticist David Rubinsztein on the Kennedy disease, CAG repeats, and autophagy

Genetic epidemiologist Tim Spector on the genetic determinism, origins of addictions and diseases, and differences between twins

Talents in Autism

Developmental psychologist Uta Frith on two types of attention, perception of details, and the absolute pitch

Molecular Toxicology

Biochemist Ian Wilson on toxicity of paracetamol, clinical trials, and safe drugs

Molecular Neurogeneticist David Rubinsztein on neurodegenerative diseases, stem cells, and fluorescent proteins

Dynamic Causal Modelling

Neuroscientist Karl Friston on functional specialization of different brain areas, brain hierarchy, and the connectome

Innate Immunity

Molecular biologist Greg Towers on interferons, uninfectable cells, and how breaking a virus can actually help it to infect the cell

LSD: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects

Pharmacologist David Nichols on the psychedelics, hallucinogen persisting perceptual disorder, and therapeutic effects of LSD

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