Alzheimer's drugs & tackling HIV

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week, we look at UK Alzheimer's drugs and the latest debate over whether new treatments are a genuine breakthrough or overhyped, alongside a striking HIV case from Oslo that has raised fresh questions in medical research. We also explore new findings on gut health and its link to hormones and modern disease in industrialised societies, before turning to the skies for the Lyrid meteor shower 2026 and when to see it in the UK... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:03.4	Absolutely genius.
0:04.2	Welcome.
0:05.1	Welcome.
0:06.0	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:07.8	What that essentially means is...
0:09.4	Discovery is...
0:09.9	Devances.
0:10.5	Research.
0:11.6	Technology.
0:12.6	Unbelievable.
0:13.5	Without further ado, this is the naked scientists.
0:16.7	Hello, welcome to the Naked Scientist, the program that brings you the biggest
0:20.6	breakthroughs and talks to the major movers and shakers in the Naked Scientist podcast, the program that brings you the biggest breakthroughs
0:21.2	and talks to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology and medicine.
0:26.1	With me, Chris Smith.
0:27.5	And this week, fresh analysis claims breakthrough Alzheimer's drugs don't work, but not all scientists agree.
0:34.8	Also, a Norwegian man, known as the Oslo patient, is cured of HIV and a meteor
0:40.6	shower to look forward to in the night sky.
0:51.7	New analysis has suggested that a pair of recently approved breakthrough Alzheimer's drugs,
0:57.9	the nanimab and lakhanimab, are actually unlikely to offer significant clinical benefit to patients.
1:04.9	Researchers said that the impact was well below what was needed to make a difference to dementia
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