Lecture 1: Where Do I Come From?
Your life stems from a single cell. Yet within the trillion of cells that make up your body lies a fundamental conundrum. Each cell contains identical DNA, yet muscle cells are very different from skin cells; blood cells are very different from brain cells.
- How does each of your cells ‘know’ exactly what to do? And when?
- And where? How do your heart cells start beating?
- How can your eye cells help you see the world around you?
- Can we use our understanding of how stem cells transform into specialised cells to build new body parts?
- What can we learn from animals that can regenerate their limbs?
- And what are the implications of tinkering with the fabric of life?
Filming Date: Saturday 14 December 2013
Broadcast Date: 8pm Saturday 28 December 2013, BBC4
You’ll be able to watch the ‘Where Do I Come From?‘ episode on BBC FOUR.
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