Debate the latest research and medical developments with:

TV presenter Kirsty Wark , former Edinburgh Medal holder Colin Blakemore who is currently Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council and Professor Peter Ghazal, Director of The Scottish Centre for Genomic Technology and Informatics.

These leading lights and many more will be discussing all the foremost topics of the day; stem cell research; immunotherapy as a possible first vaccine against a cancer, viruses as an invaluable gene pool for our survival and how the media, either rightly or wrongly, often interpret science.

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Search our talks programme listings this festival and find out just how much science you can handle.

Stirling Medical Innovations are delighted to be supporting the medical matters series of talks. We are dedicated to developing new near-patient and home-use rapid diagnostic tests for heart disease. We care about making a difference and raising public awareness of the importance of a healthy lifestyle to enhance life.