S2 E8: The Physics of Life with Peter Weightman

11/06/2021 33 min Temporada 2 Episodio 8

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, Cara chats to Professor Peter Weightman about his work looking at how we can use the laws of Physics to understand the mechanisms that cause cancer, and how in turn this knowledge could improve cancer treatments in the future. We also chat about the wide-ranging nature of his research over the course of his 50 year career at Liverpool, his experience of learning with dyslexia whilst at school and the big biological questions he’d still like to answer.