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Dr. Martin Blaser • Antibiotics, Resistance, and YOUR Microbes – Is the future bleak?

Listen here About this Episode I think we have all wanted to know – Did that dirt you ate as a child build you a stronger immune system? Should you use antibiotics every time you get a bacterial infection? As antibiotic use grows, we are seeing a rapid decline in the diversity of our microbiomes […]

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Rebecca Flanagan • Forensic Science

Listen here About this Episode From fingerprints to footprints, from forensic strategies to crime scene realities, from our meeting on zoom to your living room, Ms Rebecca Flanagan, an ex-crime scene investigator for the West Midlands Police and now a lecturer in forensic science at the University of Wolverhampton, gives a rundown of what is […]

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Dr Jemeen Sreedharan • Motor Neurone Disease

Listen here About this Episode In this episode, Oliver, Honor and Finley interview Dr Jemeen Sreedharan, a neurologist at King’s College London who specialises in neurodegenerative diseases. In the interview, Dr Jemeen Sreedharan breaks down the complicated inner workings of motor neurone disease and explains the negative effect that the protein TDP-43 can cause. Thank […]

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Mark Webb • Living with Multiple Sclerosis

About this Episode In this exciting new start to the second year of the podcast, Oliver, Raya and Finley interview Mark Webb, an influencer with multiple sclerosis who is trying to change the way people think about the disabled community and disabilities. Mark Webb explains what it is like living with multiple sclerosis as well […]

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Dr. Stephen McCarthy • Painkillers and Spider Venom

Listen here About this Episode In this episode Oliver, Finley and Stacy interview Dr. Stephen McCarthy who has been researching how to make painkillers from peptides found in spider venom. Dr. Stephen McCarthy explains what pain is, how you feel it and his research on a peptide called Protoxin-II. They also learn how painkillers are […]