Getting a grip on genetic diseases
Sabine Hentze and Martina Muckenthaler tell Lucy Patterson about their work – detecting genetic diseases and counselling potentially affected patients.
    
    
    
    
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                    Sabine Hentze and Martina Muckenthaler tell Lucy Patterson about their work – detecting genetic diseases and counselling potentially affected patients.                    
         
                    Have you ever wondered what it is that scientists get so excited about? Ana de Barros from the Instituto de Medicina Molecular in Lisbon, Portugal, shares with us the excitement of researching the immune system.                    
         
                    Eleanor Hayes, Holger Maul and Nele Freerksen investigate why folic acid is an essential component of your students’ diet – now and for a future healthy family.                    
         
                    On 11-16 September 2009, the annual European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) took place in Paris, France. Marlene Rau, a member of this year’s jury, reports.                    
         
                    Malcolm Fridlund from the European Space Agency (ESA) describes the search for extra-solar planets and explains how they can help us to understand the origin of life on Earth.                    
         
                    The vast majority of chemists with whom I come into contact recall that the first experiences that excited them about chemistry were either seeing or doing practical work.                    
         
                    Every year, CERN invites a group of high-school teachers to Geneva, Switzerland, to learn about particle physics – and how to teach it at school.                    
         
                    French biology teacher Jean-Yves Guichot explains his project to link secondary-school students with molecular biology researchers.                    
         
                    We’ve all heard that an antioxidant-rich diet is healthy. Together with his students, Gianluca Farusi compared the antioxidant levels in a range of foods and drinks.                    
         
                    How better to inspire thousands of schoolchildren across Europe than by motivating and educating their teachers? As Eleanor Hayes explains, that is the idea behind Science on Stage – a network of local, national and international events for teachers.                    
        
            
                Getting a grip on genetic diseases            
        
        
            
                Winning an Oscar in immunology            
        
        
            
                Folic acid: why school students need to know about it            
        
        
            
                Discoveries in Paris: the European Union Contest for Young Scientists            
        
        
            
                The CoRoT satellite: the search for Earth-like planets            
        
        
            
                Classic Chemistry Demonstrations: One Hundred Tried and Tested Experiments, By Ted Lister            
        
        
            
                Particle physics close up: CERN high-school teachers programme            
        
        
            
                The Bio Academy            
        
        
            
                Looking for antioxidant food            
        
        
            
                Science on Stage: heading for a country near you