Gone Viral: Germs under surveillance

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

🗓️ 8 May 2013

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Under the microscope this week, where new flu viruses including influenza H7N9 come from, the threat from extensively resistant tuberculosis and how doctors keep tabs on how bugs are spreading and who they are infecting... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	The Hello,
0:21.0	welcome to this week's naked scientists with me, Chris Smith, and with Cat, Arnie Hella Cat. Hello, and this week we'll be hearing about a shocking vaccine that could help allergies,
0:26.2	a 3D printer that can make a gun, and the invisibility cloak that can hide objects from detection
0:32.0	by radar.
0:33.0	Plus we go viral as we take a look at the emerging infections which are challenging hospitals
0:38.7	around the world.
0:39.7	We'll find out where new flu viruses come from, we meet the strain of TB that's almost
0:44.8	untouchable, and we look at how Twitter and other types of new media are now being used to track
0:50.7	infections as they spread.
0:52.8	If you'd like to get in touch with us here at the Naked Scientist, just email
0:55.6	studio at the Naked Scientist.com.
0:58.1	You can tweet at naked scientists or find us on Facebook.
1:01.6	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. And joining Kat and me for a look at what's making science headlines this week are Patrick
1:17.4	Walter he's from Chemistry World magazine science journalist Mark Peplo and physicist Laurie Winkler, she's from the National Physical Laboratory,
1:25.3	kicking off Kat an electrical vaccine for allergies.
1:28.7	Yeah, is there anyone else here suffer from dust mite allergy? Because I do, it's horrible. Anyone else? I suffer from dust mite allergy because I do it's horrible.
1:34.0	Anyone else?
1:35.0	A few people here with a cold I know you're sniffing Mark.
1:37.0	I am.
1:38.0	Yeah but no allergies thankfully.
1:39.0	No I have terrible dust my allergy so I was very interested in seeing this new paper
1:44.6	that's come from researchers in Thailand working with a company in the US and they've
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