Titans of Science: Ed Wild & Sarah Tabrizi

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

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this episode, we hear from not one, but two Titans of Science, together. And that's because Ed Wild and Sarah Tabrizi are neuroscientists, neurologists and long-time collaborators both based at University College London. They've devoted much of their careers to understanding Huntington's Disease. Chris Smith went to visit them in London... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:03.4	Absolutely genius.
0:04.3	Welcome.
0:05.1	Welcome.
0:06.0	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:07.9	What that essentially means is...
0:09.4	Discovery is...
0:10.0	Advances.
0:10.5	Research.
0:11.7	Technology.
0:12.6	Unbelievable.
0:13.5	Without further ado, this is The Naked Scientists.
0:16.7	Hello, happy new year and welcome to The Naked Scientists, the show that brings you the biggest breakthroughs and talks to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology and medicine.
0:26.6	I'm Chris Smith.
0:27.7	And today, we're returning with Titans of Science and the team who have successfully treated Huntington's disease for the very first time.
0:44.8	Music Huntington's disease for the very first time. In this episode, we're hearing from not one but two Titans of Science together,
0:50.3	and that is because Ed Wilde and Sarah Tabrizzi and neuroscientists and neurologists,
0:55.5	as well as long-time collaborators based at University College London,
0:59.4	and they've devoted much of their careers to understanding Huntington's disease.
1:04.0	This horrible inherited condition usually lurks silently in the genome
1:08.3	until a person reaches their late 30s or early 40s before it begins
1:12.2	to rob them of their personality, mobility and ultimately their life.
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