Catching Up with Cancer Research

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

🗓️ 3 October 2009

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week, we catch up with the latest from the front line of cancer research. Kat Arney reports from the National Cancer Research Institute's annual conference, we find out how proton therapy is promising for targeting tumours and look at the hormones and stem cells involved in breast cancer. Also, the role of aspirin in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic, how recession could be healthy and tuning in to the Earth's vibrations. Plus, in Kitchen Science, we show you how to see using sound! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Boldly going where no science show has gone before.
0:05.0	The Naked Scientists.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to this week's naked scientists with me Chris Smith and also
0:17.2	with Katahani helicopter. Hello. Now coming up why recessions are good for your
0:22.1	health at least you're probably less likely to die during
0:24.8	one and we'll find out why in a minute also they say that you lose at least one brain
0:29.2	cell every single second and now scientists have uncovered the genetic switch that determines
0:34.2	how many neurons you actually make in the first place so I guess we can find out who's in trouble
0:38.6	in the future if nothing else and also an ultrasound scan for the planet.
0:43.0	Scientists have discovered how to use the Earth's natural vibrations
0:46.0	to build up a three-dimensional picture
0:48.0	of what lies hundreds of kilometers underneath our feet.
0:51.0	And we'll find out how it works in just a minute.
0:52.6	Kat. I'm at the National Cancer Research Institute's annual conference in
0:56.7	Birmingham to bring you all the latest news on cancer. We'll be hearing how directed
1:01.1	beams of charged particles can target individual cancer
1:04.0	cells, Mirra discovers the role of stem cells in breast cancer, and I'll be finding out about
1:08.8	the latest advances in hormone blocking cancer drugs.
1:12.2	And in kitchen science, Ben and Dave are finding out what they can see in sounds like these.
1:18.0	And believe it or not that's the sound of Dave clapping after it's been slowed down.
1:27.6	You can find out why they're recording claps in a dark room and what they can tell us
1:31.7	about medical imaging in just a moment.
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