Motor neurone disease, and a gut microbe-brewery

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In the news this week, after the death of rugby legend Rob Burrow, we explore the mechanisms of motor neurone disease with John Ealing from the Manchester MND Care Centre. Also, we hear from Alexander Forse at the University of Cambridge who has helped to develop a carbon sponge which can suck CO2 out of the atmosphere, and Inga Kamp from the university of Groningen explains why a new finding from the JWST could reveal the secrets of how Earth-like planets form. Plus, the intriguing story of a non-drinker who couldn't stop getting drunk... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:06.0	Welcome.
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0:18.1	Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientist.
0:20.4	This is the program where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine.
0:25.0	I'm Chris Smith and coming up, are we getting closer to tackling the neurological disease that claimed the life of
0:30.4	ruggedly great Rob Burrow?, also how a small carbon sponge could play a big part in removing
0:36.5	carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and we'll be finding out how a rare condition can cause some
0:41.7	tea totallers to get drunk.
0:44.0	From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education,
0:48.0	this is the Naked Scientists. First this week we were devastated to learn of the passing of rugby legend Rob Burrow, who's just died from motor
1:03.7	neuron disease.
1:04.9	Burrow spent his remarkable 17-year career at one club, Leeds Rhino's.
1:10.7	He also represented both England and Great Britain with distinction.
1:14.0	But in 2019 just two years after his retirement from the sport he was faced with the
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