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After Dolly: The Stem Cell Revolution

Stem cells research is a great hope for sufferers of degenerative diseases. Scotland is a hotbed for this research. Edi discovers how this work could pass from bench to bedside.

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15 years ago Dolly the sheep brought world attention to Scotland. Since then the research has contined, and Dolly's creators are working not with clones, but stem cells, in an area that holds great promise for radical new treatments in a raft of medical areas.

15 years ago multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease patients were waiting desperately for treatments. Today they still are.

Edi Stark discovers what stage this stem cell work is at in Scottish laboratories, and learns how some despairing patients of neurodegenerative conditions can be exploited by clinics purporting to offer stem cell cures.

Producer: Lucy Lloyd.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 30 May 201105:30
BBC Radio Scotland

Broadcasts

  • Mon 11 Apr 201114:05
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Sat 16 Apr 201106:04
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Mon 18 Apr 201100:02
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Mon 30 May 201105:30
    BBC Radio Scotland