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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Tomorrow's Tech: Biomedical Breakthroughs

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week, new ways to spot cancers much sooner, repair nerve injuries and fix hip arthritis: we're looking at four major medical breakthroughs waiting to happen. Plus in the news, how advertisers can profile your personality online to boost their sales, and scientists dig up evidence of winemaking from 8000 years ago. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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I have you loud and clear.

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Hello.

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Hello.

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Welcome.

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Science.

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And that is the same

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physics, medicine, nature,

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or time, the brain, life, the universe.

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This week, new ways to spot cancers much sooner,

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repair nerve injuries, and also fix hip arthritis.

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We're looking at several major medical breakthroughs

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that are waiting to happen. Plus in the news how advertisers can profile your

0:29.5

personality online to boost their sales and scientists dig up evidence of winemaking from

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8,000 years ago. I'm Katie Hayler. I'm Chris Smith and this is The

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Naked Scientists. The Naked Scientists Podcasts Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk.

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UK. First up this week, antibiotics are at the top of the agenda. It's been World Antibiotic Awareness

0:58.5

Week and as the WHO have put it on their website, the world is running out of antibiotics, we need to take action

1:05.2

to protect human health.

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And right on cue, researchers at the University of Birmingham have used a new technique to

1:11.7

uncover a host of potential new targets

1:14.1

against which we might be able to produce new antibiotics to stem the rising tide of

1:18.8

resistance. David Granger told me what they've been doing.

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