| May 3, 2013 |
Cryo Roundup
- Researchers are using extremely cold temperatures to treat pain and cancer.
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| April 30, 2013 |
Nanosponges
- “Nanosponges” in the bloodstream could mop up toxins from bacteria, bees, or snakes.
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| April 26, 2013 |
Fantastic Voyage Roundup
- Researchers have developed medical implants that dissolve after they've done their job.
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| April 19, 2013 |
Fruit Fly Roundup
- Fruit flies are providing researchers with insights into wound healing and Parkinson’s disease.
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| April 16, 2013 |
Carnivorous Plant Food Webs
- Each carnivorous pitcher plant contains a unique food web, depending on what falls in.
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| April 15, 2013 |
Energy Drinks & Heart Disease
- Energy drinks and red meat contain carnitine, a substance that promotes heart disease with the help of gut bacteria.
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| April 12, 2013 |
Cholesterol Roundup
- Despite its reputation, cholesterol may be useful for treating several medical conditions.
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| April 3, 2013 |
Remote Blood Testing
- Researchers have developed an implantable blood testing sensor that can monitor blood glucose levels and chemotherapy drugs, among other things.
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| March 29, 2013 |
Microbe Roundup
- Fighting disease involves maintaining the healthy populations of microbes that live inside us.
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| March 28, 2013 |
Fragile X Neurons
- Fragile X Syndrome, a leading genetic cause of intellectual impairments, may actually result from too much brain activity.
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| March 27, 2013 |
Humidity vs. The Flu
- Low humidity may increase the transmissibility of the influenza virus indoors.
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| March 12, 2013 |
Immune System Passports
- Researchers have successfully copied a molecule that protects our bodies from our own immune systems.
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| March 1, 2013 |
Dental Roundup
- Ancient people had beneficial bacteria to fight dental plaque that is absent in modern populations.
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| February 16, 2013 |
Podcast for 16 February 2013
- 2013 AAAS ANNUAL MEETING, BOSTON, MA - Researchers are discussing how to treat psychological problems in chimpanzees, and why childbirth is such an ordeal in humans but not in apes. Also: scientific detectives have solved an art mystery. And researchers have unveiled ultrathin, wireless sensors that can monitor your brain activity.
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| February 11, 2013 |
Podcast for 8 February 2013
- MICROBIAL LIFE - How antibiotic-resistant bacteria spread, tracing HIV back millions of years, and how life thrives among the storm clouds. Also, a listener's question about the common cold.
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Storm Cloud Life
- A world of bacterial life inhabits storm clouds high in the atmosphere.
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| February 6, 2013 |
HIV Ancestry
- The type of virus that includes HIV may have been circulating in primates for 12 million years.
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| February 4, 2013 |
Staph Strategy
- Researchers have figured out how Staph bacteria transfer antibiotic resistance to one another.
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| January 31, 2013 |
Parkinson’s Test
- A salivary gland biopsy may finally make it possible to definitively diagnose Parkinson's Disease in living patients.
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| January 4, 2013 |
Microbe Roundup
- Microbes in the human gut could be partially responsible for food cravings.
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| December 31, 2012 |
Fatty Acid Fuels
- Modifying the digestive process of bacteria could produce a useful fuel from common fats.
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| December 24, 2012 |
Cold Viruses vs. Cancer
- Scientists hope to design viruses that fight cancer.
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| December 13, 2012 |
Rescuing Eggs
- A substance called putrescine has the potential to boost fertility in women over 40.
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| December 10, 2012 |
Ice Melt & Ice Age
- A meltdown of Arctic ice may have triggered the last deep freeze in the Northern Hemisphere.
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| December 6, 2012 |
Blind Mole Rats
- The blind mole rat, like its distant cousin the naked mole rat, never gets cancer.
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| November 22, 2012 |
Lupus vs. Cancer
- Lupus antibodies may become an unlikely ally against cancer.
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| November 6, 2012 |
UV Disinfectant
- Short-wave ultraviolet radiation can clear dangerous germs from hospital rooms.
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| October 29, 2012 |
Amniotic Fluid Medicine
- Cells from amniotic fluid can be reprogrammed more stably than traditional stem cells.
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| October 26, 2012 |
Podcast for 26 October 2012
- MEDICAL INNOVATION - Medical implants that just melt away, how cancer research could make the plastics industry less dependent on fossil fuels, and why ultraviolet light is cleaning up hospital rooms. Also: scientists find a surprising new source of re-programmable cells in amniotic fluid. And a new genetic test that could help babies in the neonatal intensive care unit.
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Exergame Roundup
- Video "exergames" may be helping young people get more exercise.
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| October 19, 2012 |
Inflammation Roundup
- Scientists have identified a key to the soothing qualities of mineral baths.
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| October 12, 2012 |
Healthy Viruses Roundup
- Most viruses are actually harmless, and some can even help us stay healthy.
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| September 27, 2012 |
Blocking Alzheimer’s
- A new mouse model for Alzheimer's treatment gets striking results.
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| September 18, 2012 |
Bacterial Warriors
- Populations of ocean bacteria have a few designated fighters, which release antibiotics that don't harm their own community.
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| September 7, 2012 |
Endless Summer Roundup
- By manipulating how plants respond to the shorter days in the fall, researchers hope to get crops to produce fruit longer.
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| September 3, 2012 |
Surviving Rabies
- Some people in the remote Peruvian Amazon have developed antibodies to rabies.
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| August 31, 2012 |
Flora & Fauna Roundup
- A strange looking tropical plant is helping researchers understand the life-cycle of the cell.
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| August 29, 2012 |
Earth Microbiome
- The Earth Microbiome Project is an unprecedented effort to study microbial communities around the world.
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| August 16, 2012 |
Skin Microbes & Immunity
- Bacteria that live on our skin support the function of immune cells.
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| August 10, 2012 |
Podcast for 10 August 2012
- Dad's diversity and perilous parenthood.
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| July 30, 2012 |
Flushing Out HIV
- Researchers are developing a technique that could potentially flush out reservoirs of latent HIV.
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| July 18, 2012 |
Symptomless Colds
- You can spread the common cold even if you feel no symptoms.
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| July 17, 2012 |
Parasites & Suicide Attempts
- Researchers find a link between a common parasite and suicide attempts in humans.
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| July 10, 2012 |
IV Oxygen
- When people stop breathing, they need oxygen fast. New technology could make it possible to get it to them - by bypassing the lungs.
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| July 9, 2012 |
Dogs vs. Asthma
- Having a dog in the house may help protect babies from developing respiratory synctial virus (RSV) and asthma.
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| June 29, 2012 |
Body Ecosystem Roundup
- You’d be amazed at the sheer number of microbes that live inside us, and affect our health.
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| June 26, 2012 |
Cancer-Fighting Bacteria
- Genetically modified L. acidophilus bacteria reverse colon cancer in mice.
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| June 14, 2012 |
Time-Restricted Eating
- Mice that eat only during certain hours avoid obesity and related health problems – even on a high-fat diet.
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| June 13, 2012 |
Antiviral Pigs
- The mucus in pig stomachs contains plentiful anti-viral proteins.
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| June 5, 2012 |
Martian Carbon
- Researchers have discovered organic carbon in meteorites from Mars.
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