HPV vaccines and the prospects for cancer prevention 24 Nov 2021 Following the report that HPV vaccination of teenage girls may reduce the incidence of cervical cancer by around 90%, Professor Sir Mel Greaves discusses the future of cancer prevention. Find out more Show/Hide
Complexity of cause in cancer: or why the frogs jump 07 Jul 2021 Our need to understand the cause or reason for dramatic, natural events is a very ancient and uniquely human urge. Professor Sir Mel Greaves explores the dilemma between our instinctive desire for simple, singular explanations when science is inherently uncertain and complex. Find out more Show/Hide
The trouble with Chimneys: from Percival Potts to Archibald Leitch 23 Dec 2020 What, you might ask, could possibly connect Percival Potts, surgeon at St Bartholomew’s hospital in the 1770s, with a pathologist a hundred years ago? The answer is that it is something to do with soot, sweat and scrotums. And chimneys. Find out more Show/Hide