All articles by Kat Arney – Page 2

  • A cat, playing on a purpose built cat tower
    Podcast

    Nepetalactone

    2017-03-22T17:14:00Z

    The catnip compound that felines go crazy for could have exciting uses for humans, too, as Kat Arney finds out

  • Colin Firth as Mr Darcy
    Podcast

    Darcin

    2017-02-15T15:44:00Z

    Jane Austen’s Mr Darcy lends his name to a pheromone that lets mice feel the love

  • Cell division
    Podcast

    Bromodeoxyuridine

    2016-11-23T16:39:00Z

    Kat Arney illuminates the story of a molecular ‘highlighter pen’ for growing cells

  • Single-strand damage in DNA
    Podcast

    PARP: Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase

    2016-11-02T16:10:00Z

    Kat Arney explains how a protein that repairs broken DNA holds the key to killing cancer cells – but only if you stop it from doing its job

  • Chemotherapy session
    Podcast

    Fluorouracil

    2016-09-28T16:13:00Z

    A substitute for one of the bases in DNA that can cause the death of cancer cells

  • An energy drink is poured from the jar into a glass on a wooden table
    Podcast

    Taurine

    2016-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Kat Arney tells us about the active ingredient in energy drinks

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    Podcast

    Thiomersal

    2016-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Kat Arney introduces the organomercury preservative associated with the current controversy around vaccines

  • Shikimic acid 396111676
    Podcast

    Shikimic acid

    2016-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Kat Arney introduces a biologically ubiquitous compound, important in beating both infectious viruses and invasive weeds

  • Fluorescein angiogram
    Podcast

    Fluorescein

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Kat Arney discovers the compound that first coloured the Chicago river green for St Patrick’s Day

  • Man in protective clothing looking at fluorescing DNA slide
    Podcast

    Ethidium bromide

    2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Kat Arney shines a light on the fluorescent DNA marker

  • Yellowstone national park
    Podcast

    Taq Polymerase

    2015-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Kat Arney reveals how high temperature bacteria provide us with the molecule that speeds up DNA sequencing