Lyme Disease: Is it safe to walk in the park? - Professor Patricia Nuttall

A consideration of the likelihood of being bitten by a tick carrying the Lyme Disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi. The disease was first described in the 1970s but it is now recognised in temperate regions across much of the northern hemisphere. The reasons for the seemingly prolific spread of the disease, and the prospects of controlling it, will be discussed. Yes, it is safe to walk in the park, but there are some provisos...

Malaria: Twenty-first Century Threat - Professor Frank Cox

Malaria afflicts some 250 million people of whom over a million, mostly children, die each year. But in 1955 the World Health Organization announced a plan to eradicate it. What went wrong? Will Malaria ever be beaten? What is being done about it?

Progress on the road to curing motor neuron disease - Professor Chris Shaw

Motor Neuron Disease is perhaps one of the cruelest diseases known. At the moment there is no known cure, but researchers are working on one all over the world. What are the latest findings? Could an answer be in sight?