let's talk to professor matthew who we saw in that report from the university of glasgow and he's onevelop this new tock nook. hello, a very good afternoon to you. hello. i mean, it sounds fantastically exciting but first, in terms of what you were able to do with the dog here, explain for people who are like me and not scientifically minded and not scientifically qualified, how this actually worked, how you reached this point? well, the technology that went into eva is what we describe as an a technology that will stimulates the cells to turn into bone. so what we did, we took bits of bone graft, particles from the bone that surgeon uses as a filler and coated them with a plastic. this plastic absorbs growth factors which is a biological molecule which is powerful and orchestrates our growth and should be able foe underpin our generation if we can control the dose. typically they used a high dose which can cause unwanted side effects such as unwanted bone growth in different parts of the body or even tumours but the plastic we coated the particles with in eva was a low dose, allowing

william garner, a professor at the university of glasgow addressed an incoming class with a dire message. not a single session has passed since i was appointed that has not paid attacks of light to the great reaper whose harvest is always ready, whose sickle is never weary. jacob bigelow, professor of surgery at harvard university warned the students about the poisonous effects of a slight wound or crack in the skin by the dissecting member. these countertops were a fast way to an early grave. the dangers were present even forthe most experienced and honest . often inescapable for those crop trying the hardest to prevent it. winning in the form of disease patients were also taking a toll on the frontline of medicine. mortality rates among students and doctors were high, unsurprisingly. between 1843 and 1859, 41 young men died after contracting infections before ever qualifying as doctors. those who succumbed in this manner were often utilized as martyrs who had maybe ultimate sacrifice to advanced anatomical knowledge. even those whose survived suffered some illness during their residenc

a professor at the university of glasgow addressed an incoming class with this dire message: not a single session has passed over our heads since i was appointed amongst you that has not paid its great tax of life to the grim reaper whose sickle is never wary. >> those who succumb to the matter made ultimate sacrifice in order to advance anatomical knowledge chose who survive suffered an illness during residency indeed challenges so great for those entering the profession that surgeon frequently concluded his lectures by uttering bleakly god help you all what will become of you so that gives you an idea of what it was like in the 1840s and there wasn't a huge amount of incentive really to go into the medical profession a lot of people ask is the this what was incentive this wasn't much money to be made unless you were the bug catcher. although you could potentially make money if you became famous enough. and of course you were risking your with life as well. but if you made it through, your anatomy lesson you were led on to words, of course, the operating threat or became center to your e

the artificial bone mix was made at glasgow university. it consists ofe them grow, like a fertiliser. we want to look at treating more dogs and cats who have had broken bones and other areas we can help these veterinary patients, things likejoint fusion where they've had a tendon injury sojoints can be held together to walk properly. researchers are so amazed at the success they have had in treating eva that they want to try out the technique on people. they plan to be the first researchers in the world to grow bone in the lab and put it into a patient in three years' time. these are the people that could be most helped. it is 20 years since princess diana brought the issue of landmine victims to the world's attention. their limbs usually have to be amputated. landmine campaigners are funding the new research so it can be used to grow some bone back and attach an artificial leg. if they are able to have a prosthetic limb, it would make all the difference to their life, being able to provide for the family instead of having to be a burden on the family. i

one of the lead researchers, ross mcqueenie, from the university of glasgow, joins us now.so morning. generally speaking, why are so many appointments being missed? it is quite difficult to quantify exactly what is happening to allow people to miss appointments. we know from research that people most likely to miss appointments are those from the most deprived areas. we know that these people in particular have levels of a net need, so they don't feel they are getting the most out of the health service and they are socially vulnerable —— unmet need. they tend to have undergone significant adversity in their lives. so all of these factors contribute to the likelihood of non—attendance. these factors contribute to the likelihood of non-attendance. and it seems the serial non—attendance, would that be fair? yes. it tends to be that people from deprived areas. . . be that people from deprived areas... they don't attend again and ain? areas... they don't attend again and again? yes, 4696 miss appointments over the course of three years we looked at. which is worrying. it is quit

the artificial bone mix was made at glasgow university. it consists ofd a chemical that make them grow, rather like a fertiliser. well, clearly, we want to look at treating more dogs and possibly even cats who have had broken bones, but also other areas we can help these veterinary patients, so things like joint fusion, where they've had a tendon injury and they need theirjoint held together so they can walk properly. the researchers are so amazed at the success they've had in treating eva they want to try out the technique on people. they plan to be the first researchers in the world to grow bone in their lab and put it into a patient in three years' time. and these are the people that could be most helped. it's 20 years since princess diana brought the issue of landmine victims to the world's attention. their limbs usually have to be amputated. landmine campaigners are funding the new research so it can be used to grow some of their bone back and attach an artificial leg. well, if they are able to have a prosthetic limb, it would make all the differenc

the artificial bone mix was made at glasgow university, and it consists of sterilized chips and a chemicalthat makes them grow rather like a fertilizer. >> we want to look at dogs and cats who have broken bones, but also looking at other areas where we could help patients. things like joint fusion, where they have had a tendon injury, so they can walk properly. reporter: researchers here are so amazed at the success they have had in treating eva that they want to try out the technique on people. they are the first researchers in the world to grow bones in their lab and put it into a patient in three years time. these are the people who have been most helped. it is 20 years since princess diana brought the issue of landmine victims to the world's attention. their limbs usually have to be amputated. landmine campaigners are funding the new research, so it can be used to grow the bone back and attach an artificial leg. >> with a prosthetic limb, it would make all the difference to their life, being able to provide for their family, instead of having to be a burden on their family. reporter: i

of trading. also this hour... the dog who's had pioneering treatment to save a leg from amputation. scientists at glasgow universitying bone tissue

of creating new bone. the treatment is a world first and the team from glasgow university are planned to try and human patientsn entire lake was good to be amputated. she had been able to get out for ten months, other than wrote to the toilet. but to her owner's delight her dog was saved by an experimental bone growing technique. it is absolutely fantastic, so please to have a blog back and fit and healthy. the vet should media problem. the blood supply to the edge of the bones has failed so it was not able to see the break. the scientists quoted the dead areas with artificial bone and after just six weeks dead areas with artificial bone and afterjust six weeks it dead areas with artificial bone and after just six weeks it was com pletely after just six weeks it was completely mended. the artificial bone by was made at karlsruhe university. it consists of sterilised chips coated by bone cells and the chemicals that make them grow up like a fertiliser. you wa nt to them grow up like a fertiliser. you want to look at getting more dogs and cats who have had broken bones and cats who have had broken bones and othe

the university of strathclyde's prof john curtice, who is a familiar face on the bbc for his election polling analysis, has got a knighthood. we can speak to him now from our glasgowhn? do you have to wait until you are dogs?|j call you sirjohn? do you have to wait until you are dogs? i think maybe technically you are supposed to wait. but if you wish to call me sirjohn, you are allowed to do so. congratulations. i suppose it is evidence that in modern politics at least they don't shoot the messenger? i guess that's true. i did slightly read the irony in the official letter said the prime minister is minded to two recommend to the queen to grant you a knighthood. i did have the back of my mind the fact that theresa may did shed a tear when she was told the result of the exit poll by her husband. perhaps one has to say that at least the prime minister had the good grace not to look at the list and put a red pen through my name. i guess that i am. it is an interesting award on a personal level. but the role you have played in communicating what is sometimes quite complicated information, particularly in the polling data, interpreting it for us in a way that has mean

of edinburgh napier university studies threat analysis, cryptography and digital forensics. he also hacks internet—connected toys to highlight the possible pitfalls. hejoins us from he joins us from glasgowcdonald. are hackable toys something we need to worry about this christmas? it is christmas, but this is all year round so many digital toys flying off the shelves at the moment. it is worth thinking about and not just perhaps moment. it is worth thinking about and notjust perhaps santer‘s advisers who are telling him what to purchase but also there might be unexpected connected toys coming into the house as a result of doting relatives. with any kind of connected device, notjust a toy, people are going to try to crack it and they will try to get in there in some way, the moment it goes on the web. if you are lucky these are people wearing white hats, these hackers will try to find and exploit and warn people about it, if it is a black cat hacker, they might try to do something dodgy and they might also put that on the internet for everybody else. there are issues surrounding that but let me show you something i have prepared earlier. isn't as good? grown—ups can connect the toy to a n

of protests against the government. also this hour: the dog who's had pioneering treatment to save a leg from amputation. scientists at glasgow universitygin trials to see whether a newly—discovered technique for regrowing bone tissue will work on humans. and find out who's made it onto the queen's new year's honours list. we'll have all the names in half an hour on the bbc news channel