BSE, Cervical Cancer and Toxoplasmosis

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2006

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

As the ten-year ban on British beef is lifted, Tony Minson joins us to discuss what causes BSE, how it is spread and why it is such a problem, and with another example of how animal diseases pass to humans is Joanne Webster, who describes the life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii and its possible link to schizophrenia. Margaret Stanley provides some happier news and reveals the astounding success of a cervical cancer vaccine in clinical trials, and Derek Thorne has fun with food colouring in Kitchen Science. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Live from the BBC The Naked Scientists.
0:09.0	Very good evening to you.
0:10.0	Welcome to this week's edition of The Naked Scientists.
0:12.0	This week, BSE.
0:14.8	Beef's back on the menu, British beef that is, internationally, but what was the source of
0:19.2	the major problem that wiped out a lot of our beef stocks and destroyed our beef industry.
0:24.4	Where did mad cow disease come from?
0:26.1	What's the nature of it? And is it still a problem?
0:28.7	In other words, is it still a problem for human health?
0:31.0	We'll be finding out this evening because here to help us is
0:33.0	Cambridge University's Professor Tony Minson. Hi Tony. Hi Tony,
0:36.0	Hi, Chris. Thank you for coming in and agreeing to talk to us about this.
0:40.0	If you have any questions for Tony about the subject of BSE the phone number to call is
0:43.8	08559 25 2000 lines get busy please call now we'll also be talking about
0:50.0	the cervical cancer vaccine because this is set to revolutionise health care
0:55.0	because cervical cancer is the number one cause of death amongst women
0:59.0	internationally and someone who's here in the studio with us this evening who has been responsible
1:03.9	through her work for making that vaccine a possibility
1:06.8	and our reality is Professor Margaret Stanley also from Cambridge University.
1:10.2	Thank you for coming in Margaret. Good evening.
1:11.7	Hello Chris.
1:12.4	And Margaret's very happy to take your questions if you'd like to Thank you for coming in Margaret. Good evening. Hello Chris.
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