10 Jun 2023

Prof Matt Baker: kitty contraception, flying DNA & brain-body bridges

From Saturday Morning, 11:35 am on 10 June 2023
No caption

Photo: Supplied

Matt Baker returns for a chat about some of the latest science news.

This week: why a single shot of gene therapy may replace surgical sterilisation for cats, how accidentally collected airborne DNA offer a biodiversity snapshot, and a new brain–spine interface that has digitally bypassed a spinal cord injury, allowing a tetraplegic to walk.

Dr Baker is Scientia Associate Professor in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.

A tabby cat resting on the keys of a piano.

This week we follow our feline friends. Photo: www.wfmt.com