Introducing: NOVA Now
The FRONTLINE Dispatch
GBH
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
From the PBS science series NOVA, a biweekly podcast digging into the science behind the headlines. Many agree that we need a fast, accurate, and easy COVID-19 test—yet none of the commonly used diagnostic technologies have been able to meet that need. Enter CRISPR, a gene-editing tool that can also be used to identify viruses. Host Alok Patel follows the story of the two scientists who first discovered this potential for battling the coronavirus, and the biotech company that hopes to use it to revolutionize modern diagnostics.
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| 0:00.0 | The Frontline Dispatch is made possible by the Abrams Foundation, |
| 0:03.6 | committed to excellence in journalism, |
| 0:05.6 | and by the Frontline Journalism Fund, with major support from John and Joanne Hagler. |
| 0:10.9 | Support for Frontline Dispatch comes from the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. and When you hear the word cancer, their team is ready. |
| 0:22.7 | Learn more at mass general.org slash cancer. |
| 0:26.3 | Hi dispatch fans, Rainy Aronson here, executive producer of frontline. |
| 0:31.0 | Today I'm excited to share an episode of a new podcast from our friends down the |
| 0:35.4 | hall here at GBH, the Science Series Nova. Nova Now is a new bi-weekly podcast |
| 0:41.5 | diving into the science behind the headlines. |
| 0:44.8 | Join host Aloque Patel behind the scenes with scientists, engineers, technologists, mathematicians, |
| 0:51.1 | and more working to better understand our world. |
| 0:54.0 | It's more critical than ever to distinguish fact from fiction |
| 0:58.0 | and find science-based answers to the most pressing questions of our time. |
| 1:03.0 | Enjoy this episode of Nova Now. |
| 1:09.0 | How's it going everyone? |
| 1:11.0 | Not sure if you noticed, but it's already September. |
| 1:14.1 | We're probably thinking about schools reopening, |
| 1:20.2 | fall sports, maybe getting back to business. |
| 1:23.0 | But, hold on. |
| 1:25.0 | We're six months into a pandemic. |
| 1:28.0 | It's still happening. |
| 1:30.0 | The virus is winning and the American people are losing after a second grade student |
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