• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
  • WordPress
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
Science Update

Science Update

Sharing Science | Satisfying Curiosity | Debunking BS

  • Spotlights
  • Reality Check
  • Why Is It?
  • Radio Archives
  • Sciup @ School
Home » Radio Archive » Daily Show » Medicine Roundup

Medicine Roundup

May 6, 2011
https://podcast.scienceupdate.com/110506_sciup_medicine.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window

BOB HIRSHON (Host):

Relief from a gel. I’m Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update.

Relief from the pain of arthritis could come in the form of an injectable gel that would release medicine right at the joint. At the annual meeting of the Society for Biomaterials, researchers said the gel could deliver anti-inflammatory drugs right where they’re needed, and last for several months. The gel would be triggered by the presence of enzymes the body secretes as a result of inflammation, so the worse the arthritis, the more drug would be released. The scientists say that the idea of injecting drug-secreting gels into diseased parts of the body could be applied to a variety of illnesses.

In other news, scientists have discovered over 79 germ-killing compounds in the brains of giant fire-bellied toads, threatened amphibians native to China. They report that 59 of these compounds are totally new to science. I’m Bob Hirshon, for AAAS, the science society.

Category: Daily Show, Station DownloadTag: Medicine & Health
Previous Post:Anti-Explosive Spray
Next Post:Sarcasm, Lies & Dementia

Sidebar

Radio Program Archives

Want to learn more about the brain? The environment? Here you can browse the topics that come up regularly on Science Update.

Search the Archives

Categories

  • Daily Show
  • Station Download
  • Weekly Show

Find By Tag

  • 2020
  • Acoustics & Sound
  • Aging
  • Animal Behavior
  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Astronomy & Space
  • Biology
  • Brain Science
  • Bugs
  • Chemistry
  • Children & Families
  • cicadas
  • Climate & Weather
  • Communications
  • Computer Science
  • Economics & Business
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Environment & Conservation
  • Genetics & Evolution
  • Geology
  • Marine Science
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine & Health
  • Microbiology
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nutrition & Food Science
  • Paleontology & Dinosaurs
  • Physics
  • Plants & Agriculture
  • Political Science
  • Reality Check
  • Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Sports & Fitness
  • spotlight
  • Spotlight Bugs
  • Terrorism & War
  • Why Is It? Questions
  • Wildlife
  • Year in Review

Find By Date

Science Update
  • About Science Update
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

Mayan Honeybee hives
House sparrow wearing top hat rides aboard a red fireworks rocket

Copyright © 2023 · Springtail Media LLC · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Pongos