Scratch 'n Sneeze - Science of Allergies

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

🗓️ 21 May 2011

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week's Naked Scientists is not to be sneezed at - we're looking at the science of allergies! We explore what happens to cause your body to overreact to harmless things, and find out how potentially fatal peanut allergy can be cured. Plus, how a dose of parasites could keep allergies at bay, and how special filters can engineer a breath of extremely fresh air! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Stripping down science, the naked scientists.
0:07.0	The Naked Scientists. Hello, it's Sunday the 22nd of May. Welcome to the Naked Scientists with me, Chris Smith.
0:28.0	And with me, Katani.
0:29.8	This week is a show definitely not to be sneezed at because we're talking about the
0:33.7	science of allergies including finding out why some people react so violently to
0:38.6	peanuts and also hearing about a new way to actually stop this happening and
0:42.4	how a dose of worms could keep allergic
0:45.1	reactions in check in future.
0:47.1	Capp.
0:48.1	Lovely and in this week's science news how we're all born with a brain pre-wired to do geometry,
0:54.0	why gossip affects the way we actually see people
0:57.0	and a big breakthrough for organ transplantation.
1:00.0	Scientists have found out how to harness special cells that prevent the immune system from attacking donated tissues.
1:07.0	And if you would like to send us any comments, questions or feedback, as always, you can tweet at naked scientists you can write on our
1:14.0	Facebook page we've made it easy for you to get there it's at naked
1:16.9	scientists dot com slash Facebook it will take you there or you can drop us an
1:21.1	email the email address as ever Chris at the
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1:35.0	UK.
1:40.0	This is the naked scientist with Chris Smith and with Katani.
1:45.0	And we're taking a look at some of the latest scientific discoveries from around the world of starting in the Amazon cap.
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