Drugs

Parry Guilford and his team are researching the genetics and chemistry of lobular breast cancer with the aim of discovering new drugs to treat it Audio

Indonesia is showing no clemency toward two of the Bali 9 drug smugglers. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are still expected to be put to death. Audio

A healthy volunteer is tested with drugs to study the two systems that regulate blood flow to the brain, with implications for treatment of stroke Audio

Professor Beau Kilmer is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and co directs the RAND Drug Policy research center. He co-authored a book out on Oxford University Press on marijuana… Audio

A hundred years after the war on drugs started - it's timely to ask just how did it start? Who started it? And why after all these years, does the war on drugs continue? And what would happen if you… Audio

Broadcaster and journalist based in Cork, discussing this week's inadvertent temporary legalisation of a range of consciousness-altering drugs in Ireland. Audio

Professor Chris Toumazou explores how technology can be used to manipulate the body's communication systems to improve our health. Audio

How research into the metabolism of the TB bacterium is helping in the development of a new class of antibiotics Audio

A single gene seems to predispose people to becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol Audio

Sean Brady of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at The Rockefeller University in New York is trying to find the next generation of anti-cancer drugs and antibiotics by examining soil samples… Audio

What's your poison? Toxicologist Dr Leo Schep tests for substances taken internally or applied externally that are injurious to health or dangerous to life and looks at the history of synthetic… Audio

Research has shown a clear link between the age at which someone first tries drugs, and the likelihood they'll engage in so-called anti-social behaviour. Worryingly, both internationally and in New… Audio

The Wanganui beneficiary accused of trying to smuggle 1-point-7 kilograms of methamphetamine into Bali is facing a ten month trial. Audio

The drug-buying agency Pharmac says district health boards will save more than 100 million dollars over the next five years because of its work. Audio

Antony de Malmanche, the New Zealander who is in prison in Bali for suspected drug smuggling, is now on suicide watch after consular officials passed on information about his mental health history to… Audio

The drug-buying agency Pharmac says competition from new versions of highly expensive drugs will help it make savings in the coming years. Audio