Is The Future Bionic?

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

🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This week a look at enhancements for future humans: wearable robots, an artificial pancreas, and a replacement retina, as well as limb and head transplants. Plus, in the news, a new hope for global warming, a new therapy to halt MS, what a shock from an electric eel feels like, and how much alcohol remains in food after cooking... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	I have you loud and clear.
0:03.2	Hello.
0:04.2	Hello.
0:05.2	Welcome.
0:06.2	Science.
0:09.2	And that is to say physics, medicine, nature, or
0:12.0	big time, brain, nature, or a big time brain life, the universe.
0:16.2	Hello, this week a new breakthrough in halting the progression of MS, a scientist
0:20.3	reports on what it's like to be zapped by an electric eel and why we might have a bit of
0:25.7	breathing space when it comes to climate change.
0:28.3	Plus bionic bodies. We hear about a replacement pancreas for diabetes and a retinal implant to restore sight for some forms of blindness.
0:37.0	I'm Katie Haleer.
0:38.0	I'm Chris Smith and this is The Naked Scientists.
0:41.0	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk.
0:46.0	To kick us off this week a potential new therapy to help the 2 million people
0:56.7	around the world living with multiple sclerosis or MS has been announced by
1:01.0	scientists in the US.
1:02.3	MS is caused by a rogue population of immune cells
1:06.0	attacking a substance in the brain and spinal cord called Myelin.
1:10.0	Myelin normally works like an insulator that you'd find around an electric cable.
1:14.3	In the nervous system, it shields and supports nerve fibres.
1:17.6	But, as the mylan becomes more damaged by the immune assault,
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