Stem Cells, Brain Repair and Tricks of Light

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

🗓️ 8 October 2005

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Stretching our grey matter this week is developmental biologist Dr Adrian Pini, who describes how our brain grows, how our brain works, and how it can become damaged, and Dr Huseyin Mehmet, who discusses the potential application of stem cells in repairing central nervous system damage. Also in the studio is Tom Smith from Cambridge University, who has designed a new pump that could help thousands of people in the developing world, and Derek and Dave perform a vanishing act in Kitchen Science. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Live from the BBC The Naked Scientists.
0:07.0	Well welcome to this week's edition of the Naked Scientists with me Dr. Chris Smith and with Dr.
0:13.2	Khatani. Hello. We're here as usual right across the east of England talking
0:17.7	about science, stripping down science to the bare essentials for you and tackling your
0:21.0	science questions live on the program.
0:23.2	Under the microscope this week the study of stem cells and how an egg when it's been fertilized
0:29.6	turns into a new person, what's going on, how do those cells know what to become, and especially
0:34.4	how does the nervous system put itself together, how does it wire itself up, and also what happens
0:38.8	when things go wrong, how do stem cells put into this picture picture and how can we perhaps use them in the future to put things right?
0:47.0	We're here to help us with that this evening from Guys Kings and Tommy's Medical School in London,
0:52.0	Dr Adrian
0:52.8	Good evening Adrian and from Imperial College down in London also
0:56.4	who say Mehmet good evening he's saying hi Chris and later on in the program a
1:01.0	pump that could help you if you're a third world farmer and
1:04.4	enough of your day is already taking up carting water around a new pump that uses something
1:08.8	heat that you might currently throw away Tom Smith from the University of Cambridge and he's going to talk to about his brand new invention later on in the show good evening
1:15.2	Hello though Chris
1:17.0	But that's not all we have in store for you this evening. Here's Dr Katz with a rundown of what else we've got in store for you
1:22.1	It's gonna be a great show this evening yet coming up Cat with a rundown of what else we've got in store for you.
1:22.8	It's going to be a great show this evening.
1:24.2	Yeah, coming up, we're going to hear something that I'm sure everyone in this room dreams of.
1:28.1	We're going to hear about the never-ending beer glass that's been invented by scientists in Germany. and I'll be bringing you news of not
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