Monkeypox

BBC Inside Science

BBC

Technology, Science

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

A new study published in the British Medical Journal suggests monkey pox might be passed from person to person before symptoms show. Esther Freeman, Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School and Director of Global Health Dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, has been following the current wave of transmission and gives us her analysis of this latest finding, The COP 27 climate summit kicks off next week. To discuss some of the issues we are joined by Simon Lewis, Professor of global change science at University College London and Swenja Surminski, Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute and a member of the UK's Committee on Climate Change. Mark Miodownik, the UCL Professor of Materials & Society, tell us the results of his citizen science project looking at composting plastics. And from the short list for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, we hear from Professor Rose Anne Kenny on her book Age Proof: The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts.
0:08.4	I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced
0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sport stars.
0:14.3	Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players'
0:18.5	mouths.
0:19.5	But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sport world.
0:25.0	What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to
0:28.8	dedicated sports fans across the UK.
0:31.2	So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.
0:40.8	Hello, this is the podcast edition of BBC Inside Science,
0:45.1	first broadcast on Radio 4 on the 3rd of November 2022.
0:50.2	This week we'll be looking at Monkeybox transmission, the prospects for tropical forests and
0:56.0	peaters, carbon stores as we approach the COP27 climate summit, composting plastic and how
1:04.4	to age youthfully, if not gracefully.
1:07.2	First, Monkeybox, it's already infected more than 70,000 people globally and although
1:13.8	cases have steeply declined in Europe and the US, it continues to cause sickness and deaths
1:19.2	in Africa, where it's endemic.
1:22.0	This week, researchers published evidence for pre-symptomatic transmission of the virus,
1:28.0	meaning people could be spreading Monkeybox before they're aware that they have it.
1:33.4	Esther Freeman is Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School and Director of Global
1:39.1	Health Dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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