A special episode from this year’s annual Royal Society Summer Exhibition in London, with Claudia Hammond joined by BBC health and science correspondent, James Gallagher, to take a look at a range of new health research. The exhibitions include a look at how special forms of UV light might be able to cut away cancerous cells in brain tumours, with the possibility of light emitting bandages also being used to target cancer treatments. Claudia and James also look at research from The Francis Crick Institute into whether a simple blood test can help work out how to quickly identify patients who are most likely to deteriorate when they have a virus. We also hear how much brain devices we can buy online really tell us about our brain activity, as well as research into how the way babies wriggle may help identify future developmental issues. Claudia and James also compete in a number of scientific games to see who is this year’s Summer Exhibition champion. Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Dan Welsh
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Hello.
Welcome to Health Check from the BBC.
I'm Claudia Hammond and today I'm at the Royal Society in London for their summer science exhibition.
Now, the idea is for scientists to showcase their findings and its roots date right back to 1778.
Now, anyone who's passing can come in, meet scientists, ask them all about their work and play some games.
But on Health Check, of course, we're interested in the implications for medicine, as is BBC health and science correspondent James Gallagher, who's come with me now.
I really like this moment of anticipation before we dive in.
And I hope the scientists are getting ready for the hundreds of schoolchildren and others who will be besieging them from tomorrow.
It's going to be busy, isn't it?
Yeah, it's always an exciting event in the calendar, isn't it?