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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

🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Coming up this week in the news, the advanced warning signs ten years ahead that Alzheimer's might be on the way, the exoskeleton boot that learns how you walk and helps you go faster, and the sleeping bacteria that can count themselves awake... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:04.0	running.
0:05.0	I'm so genius.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:11.0	advances, research, technology, unbelievable.
0:15.0	Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.
0:18.0	Hello, welcome to the naked scientist.
0:21.0	This is the show that brings you the latest breakthroughs in
0:23.2	science technology and medicine I'm Chris Smith and I'm James Titco coming up this
0:28.0	week the advance warning signs ten years ahead that Alzheimer's might be on the
0:32.3	way the exoskeleton boot that learns how you
0:35.2	walk and helps you go faster, and the sleeping bacteria that can count themselves awake.
0:40.5	The Naked Scientist's podcast is powered by UKfast.co. UK.
0:47.0	People everywhere are living longer, but the downside of this is that we're also
0:57.4	succumbing in increasing numbers to diseases of old age like Alzheimer's and often
1:02.4	by the time we make the diagnosis it's likely too late
1:05.3	to intervene with treatments to slow down or reverse the condition or enroll people
1:09.7	into trials to test potential therapies. But if we can detect who is going to develop these conditions well in advance,
1:16.7	we might have a better chance of intervening or keeping a person healthier for longer
1:21.2	or finding the breakthrough drug that can do that.
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