Questions Answered by Alison
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Hi Alison,I enjoyed your Xmas lectures; the demonstrations brought clarity to the subject, though I was curious why
by johnmccue to Andrew, Alison
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Is it possible to cry yourself out of tears
by ja5min3 to Alison, Becky, Connie, Gemma, John Robert, Sara
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Responding to Dr. Allison Woollard’s lecture on living forever do you think that the protens used or making naked mole
by rochelle1999
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If someone was wearing red-tinted glasses, would they still be able to hallucinate red images? Or any other colour?
by radicalbiologist to Simon, Sara, John Robert, Gemma, Connie, Becky, Amanda, Alison
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Does the current mutations of bacteria that make it resistant to antibiotics mean in the future new medicines would
by rochelle1999 to Alison, Becky, Connie, Gemma, John Robert, Sara
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How do scientists know how to make a flu vaccine if viruses can be different every year?
by 14sciencefw to Alison, Becky, Connie, Gemma, John Robert, Sara
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please could you explain mRNA splicing
by sstrange150896 to Alison, Becky, Connie, Gemma, John Robert, Sara
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are scientists trying to make a machine that can resurrect extinct animals e.g. dinosaurs
by cptroach to Alison, Becky, Connie, Gemma, John Robert, Sara
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Can a stem cell make a heart
by elboorhuon to Matt, Leila, Gemma, Dave, Alison
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Is there any particular thing you want to do while you are doing this job
by y13rochej to Alison, Becky, Connie, Gemma, John Robert, Sara
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do you believe that man-made virus could be used to help combat diseases, such as it being used as if like an anti-body
by jwells to Alison, Becky, Connie, Gemma, John Robert, Sara
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what do you think the main cause of cancer is ??
by 10blambert to Vicky, Sara, John Robert, Gemma, Connie, Becky, Alison
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Do cells eat anything? If so, then what?
by bexs14 to Sara, John Robert, Jean-Paul, Gemma, Connie, Becky, Alison
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If our cells can double why cant we clone ourselves
by y13adefioyep to Sara, John Robert, Jean-Paul, Gemma, Connie, Becky, Alison
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How do nerve cells divide?
by y13littlef to Simon, Sara, John Robert, Gemma, Connie, Becky, Alison
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when whales are ‘washed up’ what if they are trying to evolve.
by yorgandji14 to Sara, Rachael, John Robert, Haihan, Gemma, Connie, Becky, Alison
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can you put pig hearts in humans
by guardian to Sara, Karolina, John Robert, Gemma, Connie, Becky, Alison
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what is your favourite research topic
by y13walker2s to Alison, Becky, Connie, Gemma, John Robert, Sara
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what is your favourite cell in the body that you like studying
by guardian to Alison, Becky, Connie, Gemma, John Robert, Sara
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if humans are evolving than what is happening to us and changing from us since 200.00 years ago
by anon-40806 to Sara, Rachael, John Robert, Haihan, Gemma, Connie, Becky, Alison
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HAve you ever made a tissue ina lab?
by edmond to Alison, Becky, Connie, Gemma, John Robert, Sara
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What is the smallest cell you have researched?
by edmond to Alison, Becky, Connie, Gemma, John Robert, Sara
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are humans still evolving and why why not? have we stopped evolving in the developed world?
by louiser to Alison, Becky, Connie, Gemma, John Robert, Sara
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One base makes 4 amino acids? How? This was not explained in the first lecture, or did I miss something. What
by richyhem to Sara, John Robert, Gemma, Connie, Becky, Alison
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is there anyone alive who doesn’t have mutations? if so why?
by lily4
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Which scientist inspires you the most?
by ruthycat12 to Rachael, Penny, Jennifer, Jean-Paul, Dave, Alison
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how long does it take from the day you are born to have a new set of cells
by connor0151
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Would it be possible for an animal’s skin to change colour permenantly in adolescence?
by kattypuss to Rachael, Penny, Jennifer, Jean-Paul, Haihan, David, Andrew, Alison
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Do plants with cell division only occurring in meristems have a totally different control over senescence? Cell
by viciascience to Lynne, Karolina, Jennifer, Jean-Paul, Hayley, Dave, Alison
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Are the C elegans worms conscious?
by kattypuss to Serena, Sara, Samantha, Penny, Lynne, Karolina, Hayley, Alison
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If we are all mutants then surely there is someone who isn’t a muntant for us to be compared to because mutants are not
by kattypuss
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What books for a novice would you recommend that would give more background on the topics covered in the three
by davidblack17 to Rachael, Penny, Jennifer, Jean-Paul, Dave, Andrew, Alison
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What do mitochondria do? (and are they actually pink?)
by kattypuss to Rachael, Penny, Jennifer, Jean-Paul, David, Dave, Alison
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What evidence do we have that humans are descended from apes?
by sam24009
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Can you tell me the name again of the endings of a ….. (sorry, dont remember what it was called). It was illustrated
by margaretturner and 1 other. to Rachael, Penny, Jennifer, Jean-Paul, David, Andrew, Alison
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Can DNA in humans be switched on that we wouldnt normally have? for example the GFP gene that you spoke of in the
by holz1 to Vicky, Stefan, Samantha, Rachael, Matt, Leila, Kara, Hayley, Haihan, Alison
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What happens if cells die that weren’t supposed to?
by kattypuss to Vicky, Samantha, Rachael, Matt, Karolina, Jean-Paul, Andrew, Alison
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What happens to dead cells?
by kattypuss to Vicky, Samantha, Rachael, Matt, Alison
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Why is growth finite in humans but seemingly infinite in some trees? What controls this?
by viciascience to Alison, Jean-Paul, Karolina, Matt, Rachael, Samantha, Vicky
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Son asks why are there specific groups of the same type of animal if each animal is mutating and adapting independently?
by mutantmummy
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How do we explain the cast array of different plants in the rain forests of our planet, when natural selection and
by jmangroove to Vicky, Tom, Samantha, Rachael, Matt, Karolina, Jean-Paul, Haihan, Andrew, Alison
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During meiosis, in what proportion of divisions does a mutation occur? Is this is same during mitosis?
by rebeccanesbit to Vicky, Samantha, Rachael, Matt, Karolina, Jean-Paul, Hayley, Haihan, Alison
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Does the total cell number reduce as we get older?
by viciascience to Alison, Jean-Paul, Karolina, Matt, Rachael, Samantha, Vicky
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What does radiation do to cells?
by anon-40521 to Vicky, Samantha, Matt, Karolina, Alison
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how can having no eyes be a competitive advantage over have eyes? In the case of cave fish? it can’t
by jmangroove
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We’re told that genome sequencing takes just days/hours now, yet only a few genomes get published. How come they take
by rebeccanesbit to Vicky, Samantha, Rachael, Matt, Leila, Karolina, Jean-Paul, Haihan, Andrew, Alison
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When you are a grown up, how do your cells know when to stop growing
by anon-40521 to Vicky, Hayley, Alison
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Why do the muscle cells suddenly start to twitch, what has changed to make them twitch?
by leggeangie to Vicky, Serena, Samantha, Rachael, Matt, Karolina, Jean-Paul, Hayley, Dave, Alison
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how do the worms become transparent?
by tony doyle to Serena, Sara, Samantha, Rachael, Penny, Lynne, Karolina, Hayley, Alison
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How did you and the Ri team create the 3D protein image that appeared above the table? Presumably clever camera work,
by jobrodie to Olympia, Andrew, Alison
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