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Inside Health

Covid waves, Gene therapy for haemophilia B, New uses for old drugs

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4575 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Smitha Mundasad asks whether we will see waves of Covid – with infections going up and down and then up and down again - forever more. We speak to Elliot whose life has been transformed after a single shot of gene therapy to treat the inherited blood disorder haemophilia B. And Dr Margaret McCartney discusses the accidental discovery of Viagra and how sometimes researchers find new, surprising uses for old medicines.

Produced by Geraldine Fitzgerald.

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0:00.0

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0:23.0

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0:26.9

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0:28.5

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0:30.9

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0:34.5

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0:38.5

Hello, I'm Smytha Mundarsid.

0:40.5

Welcome to the Inside Health podcast.

0:43.4

Today, we hear from someone who says he's lived his childhood wrapped in bubble wrap,

0:48.2

protected from knocks and bumps in case he had a deadly bleed.

0:52.7

Now, thanks to a single shot of medicine, he's taken up motorcycling.

0:57.3

And we look at the accidental discovery of Viagra.

1:01.0

It was supposed to be a humble pill for heart disease.

1:04.5

It's risen to fame for other reasons.

1:07.7

But first, I don't know about you, but it feels to me like everyone I know has caught COVID recently, particularly in the office.

1:16.2

The good news is after weeks of going up, the official figures show COVID is coming down again in the UK.

1:23.2

It's starting to feel like a pretty familiar pattern.

1:26.4

Waves of COVID going up and down, up and down.

1:30.3

In the long run, is that what life's going to be like?

1:34.1

I spoke to Eleanor Riley, Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases,

1:37.7

at the University of Edinburgh to find out.

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