Episodes

  • Seeing into the future of autism detection
    Sep 18 2024

    According to the CDC, about 1 in 36 children in the United States has autism. An early and accurate diagnosis is hugely important for children and their parents as they learn how to navigate life on the spectrum. A recent study in Nature described a new method to aid early detection of autism using a smartphone app.

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    16 mins
  • Healing a broken heart
    Aug 14 2024

    After a heart attack, the damage is permanent — for now. Researchers are testing innovative ways to get the heart to regenerate muscle cells and fix itself.

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    18 mins
  • The antibiotics hidden in medieval recipes
    Jul 3 2024

    Could the solution to antibiotic resistance already have been discovered? Microbiologists and historians probe medieval and ancient texts to find out.

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    26 mins
  • Rejuvenating the retina to save vision
    May 29 2024

    In diabetic macular edema, senescent cells build up in the retina, leading to vision loss. A new drug forces these undead cells to die, healing the retina.

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    15 mins
  • From warhead to cancer-killer, the quest for more actinium-225
    May 8 2024

    Actinium-225 is a radioactive isotope that kills cancer cells with a burst of alpha particles, but it was difficult to make enough of it — until now.

    https://www.drugdiscoverynews.com/from-warhead-to-cancer-killer-the-quest-for-more-actinium-225-15934

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    29 mins
  • Sex differs in matters of the heart
    Mar 27 2024

    An off-the-cuff request at the local butcher led to a serendipitous discovery about heart valve disease, leading to potential new sex-specific ways to treat it.

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    20 mins
  • The diabetes gene that broke all the rules
    Feb 28 2024

    Researchers discovered a new gene required for pancreas development, but much to their surprise, they found that it was absent in all animals except primates.

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    16 mins
  • Making sugar healthy
    Jan 31 2024

    With some out-of-the-box engineering, researchers have developed a nature-inspired strategy to turn sugar in packaged foods into gut-healthy fiber.

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    17 mins