Recent Episodes
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Is Your Microbiome Connected to Your Pain
We're learning more, every day, about the role microbes play in our health. The largest and most diverse collection of microbes lives in our intestinal tract. They affect our immune system, appetite, digestion of food, how we store fat, and produce essential nutrients such as vitamin K. An unhealthy gut can raise our risk for inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, allergies, and some cancers.
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The Ultimate in Grow Your Own (Ears)
Evolution generally means we get stronger and smarter, but not always. Humans, for example, can't regrow limbs once we've lost them, while some animals can.
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A Little Recognized Virus with a Big Impact
Among the vaccines that you normally get, RSV may not come to mind, but it should. It stands for respiratory syncytial virus and is a common and highly contagious illness that can be serious - especially for infants and older adults. More than 100,000 older Americans are hospitalized each year.
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Gene Editing on Demand for Genetic Disease
Gene therapy, put simply, involves introducing, removing, or correcting a gene inside cells to cure diseases. And medical research is finding more ways to apply it.
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Orwell Almost Didn't Get to Write 1984
Today's politics has me thinking about George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', the dystopian novel warning about the threat of totalitarianism. What I did not know was that Orwell volunteered to fight against General Francisco Franco's attempt to overthrow Spain's elected government back in nineteen thirty-six. He was seriously wounded which means the book was almost never written.
