Episode #154

UK Personal Genome Project, Airbus Group ‘Technology Club’ & Treating Alzheimer’s Disease
Rhys talks to Professor Stephan Beck, Director of the UK Personal Genome Project about the programme as well as the benefits and risks of taking part, we find out about a new concept initiated by Airbus Group to grow engineering expertise and staff engagement on site in Newport, we meet Ben Hall from the John Innes Centre in Norwich and Professor Giovanna Mallucci from the MRC Toxicology Unit at the University of Leicester explains how recent results of treating Prion Disease in mice could pave the way for a future cure for Alzheimer’s Disease in humans.