Aug 21

Salmonella outbreak, and Roman shipwreck discovery

Coming up, health agencies grapple with a Salmonella outbreak across Europe. What's behind it? Also, astronomers spot the fastest-moving star in the Milky Way, hurtling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy; regulators in the United States have followed Eu ... Show More

32 m

Aug 18

How can chronic wounds cost more than cancer?

We have partnered with UK Research and Innovation to study wounds and their impact on healthcare. What challenges do wounds create, and how can we treat them? This episode features Mat Hardman at the Wound Innovation Institute; Ketan Dhatariya at the Association of British Clinic ... Show More

33m 12s

Aug 14

Malaria drug breakthrough, and space radiation vests

Coming up, Australian researchers have found a new way to help prevent malaria. How have they done it? Also, the UK is "leading the world" in efforts to eliminate hepatitis C, a designer vest that could protect our astronauts from space radiation, and how a new aerogel-based toot ... Show More

33m 41s

Nov 2024

Bonus Episode | New Type 1 Diabetes Treatment!!

In this bonus episode, Dr Matt & Dr Mike dive into a new study where fat cells were transformed into insulin-producing cells, transplanted under the abdominal muscle of a Type 1 diabetes patient, controlling blood sugar for a year!Paper discussed in this episode: https://pubmed.n ... Show More

42m 13s

Nov 2021

Prediabetes, Experiments in zero gravity

Beat pre-diabetes and get your love life back? We hear from two people who are trying to avoid getting type 2 diabetes. But not everyone thinks the term is helpful so our resident GP Margaret McCartney and Dr Samuel Seidu, from the Leicester Diabetes Centre, join us to discuss. A ... Show More

27m 48s

Oct 2024

Stem Cell Treatments for Diabetes and a Dolphin’s Smile

Hurricane Helene’s death toll continues to rise. Marburg virus is spreading in Rwanda, but risks for a global outbreak are low. Researchers in Beijing used stem cell treatments to reverse diabetes in a patient. Plus, we discuss a map of a fruit fly’s brain and dolphin smiles. Re ... Show More

9m 55s

Mar 2025

CRISPR: the cutting edge of gene editing

In this edition of Naked Genetics, we take a closer look at CRISPR gene editing. What is it? And what are the ethics involved in rewriting the human genome? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

29m 53s

Feb 2020

Engineering Your Own Pancreas (Rebroadcast)

We're revisiting some of our favorite episodes, starting with our very first. More than a million Americans suffer from Type 1 diabetes. The disease occurs when the pancreas mysteriously stops producing insulin, the hormone that converts food into energy. Modern medicine has been ... Show More

24m 58s

Jun 2023

Helping A Man Walk Again With Science

This week's science news roundup reunites All Things Considered host Ailsa Chang with Short Wave hosts Emily Kwong and Regina G. Barber to dig into the latest headlines in biomedical research, also known as cool things for the human body. We talk new RSV vaccines, vaccination by ... Show More

9m 38s

Nov 2021

Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells? | Nabiha Saklayen

What if diseases could be treated with a patient's own cells, precisely and on demand? Biotech entrepreneur Nabiha Saklayen explains how we could harness advances in biology, machine learning and lasers to create personalized stem cell banks -- and develop medicine uniquely desig ... Show More

10m 39s

Sep 2023

Spinal cord injury treatments, red fire ants and asteroid samples.

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.In this week's episode... A breakthrough in treating spinal cord injuries, worrying news about red fire ants in Sicily, we look at what it means for us in the UK and NASA is se ... Show More

27m 41s

Mar 2008

Mother Love: Diabetes is Not Your Destiny

This podcast featuring Mother Love, co-host of dLifeTV, motivational speaker, and humorist, promotes healthy ways to control diabetes.

2m 33s

Mar 2017

The Most Transformational Biologist of Our Era?

Dr Eric Topol interviews CRISPR scientist Feng Zhang about his journey from China to the gene editing labs of America.

13m 2s

Diabetes cured with stem cells, and US b...