The pregnancy sickness protein, and COP controversy
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 957 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:05.0 | Absolutely genius. Get this. |
| 0:06.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:07.0 | This is the show where we bring science. |
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| 0:14.7 | Without further ado, this is the naked scientist. |
| 0:18.1 | Hello, welcome to the naked scientist, |
| 0:19.8 | the program that brings you the latest breakthroughs |
| 0:21.8 | in science, technology and medicine. |
| 0:24.5 | With me, Chris Smith, coming up, nausea in pregnancy. |
| 0:28.6 | Scientists have solved why it happens and more crucially what we can do about it. Also cop 28's over but what was actually achieved |
| 0:36.7 | and what science is revealing about the methods of great artists like Rembrandt. |
| 0:41.4 | From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education, |
| 0:45.0 | this is the Naked Scientists. First this week scientists at the University of Cambridge |
| 0:57.4 | say they've discovered a protein which causes many women in fact up to 70% |
| 1:01.8 | to experience nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. |
| 1:06.1 | Some including the Princess of Wales become so unwell when they're expecting that they need |
| 1:10.6 | to be admitted to hospital. |
| 1:12.4 | Steve O'Reilly made the discovery and he's the director of the Medical Research Council's Metabolic Diseases Unit at the University of Cambridge. |
| 1:19.0 | So it's called GDF15. |
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