Naked Scientists Podcast

The Naked Scientists: Science Radio & Science Podcasts

Subscribe via itunes,yahoo or google < Previous Show | Next Show >
20th Jul 2008

Discovering Drugs

Drug Discovery: On this week's Naked Scientists, drug development goes under the microscope as we explore two new ways to find the treatments of tomorrow. We find out why size is important when it comes to chemicals that can kill superbugs, and how soil bacteria hold the chemical clues to the next generation of antibiotics. Plus, how sheets of carbon can be used to reveal single atoms of hydrogen beneath the microscope, how scientists have homed in on the part of the brain linked to obsessive compulsive disorder, and why electronically tagging jellyfish can tell us a sea turtle's secrets. Plus, in Kitchen Science, we make strange and unexpected shapes with bubbles!

Listen NowDownload as MP3 Podcast Enhanced Podcast, with pictures and chaptersMP3 Podcast.
Transcript Vote for Us

Digg Thisfacebookdel.icio.usNetscapeRedditFarkStumbleuponNewsvineYahoo! My WebFurlMagnoliaSquidoo

Science News

Smallest atoms seen for the first time

A team of US scientists have achieved a genuine quantum leap in imaging - with the development of a technique that's enabled them to see, for the first time, the smallest atoms, including hydrogen. ...

The details in the devil - how a tumour is driving a sexual shift in Tasmania

Researchers in Australia have shown that the Tasmanian Devil, beleaguered in recent years by a transmissible fatal facial cancer, has responded to the disease threat by a dramatic change in its reprod...

Obsessive research highlights cause of OCD

Scientists in Cambridge have pinpointed changes in brain activity underlying obsessive compulsive disorder.  The discovery could lead to more accurate and earlier diagnosis of the disabling condi...

Kitchen Science

Part 1 Part 2 Listen
Download as MP3 [1] [2]

Going loopy for bubbles


We discover a surprising feature of bubbles using only bubble mix, wool and a coat hanger!

Question of the Week

Are any organisms immortal?

I’d like to know if there are any life forms: plant, animal, fungus, whatever that are effectively immortal?


Interviews

Keeping Tabs on Jellyfish

Jon Houghton, Queen's University Belfast

The Search for New Drugs

Dr Harren Jhoti, Astex Therapeutics

Discovering Drugs from Bugs

Melanie McCullagh, Biotica Technology

Questions

How does coconut milk get inside the coconut in the first place?


Are there any mental or psychiatric conditions that are known to be hereditary other than OCD?


I have a brand new iPod. It’s never been charged and has no data put on it. Will it weigh more after charging the battery and filling it with music and pictures?


You mentioned earlier that we measure things in Daltons. What actually is a Dalton?


Different people react differently to different drugs. Would you say there are different body types in the population and therefore should we be looking for them?


How do you train antibodies to attack skin cancer?


 

Is it possible to create an intelligent vaccine or a drug that could evolve with the ever changing strains of the disease?




Naked Scientists Science Radio Show HomeNaked Scientists Science Radio Show Home Who are The Naked ScientistsWho are The Naked Scientists Information about Naked ScientistsInformation about Naked Scientists
Naked Scientists PodcastNaked Scientists Podcast Ask the Naked Scientists PodcastAsk the Naked Scientists Podcast Question of the Week PodcastQuestion of the Week Podcast
Naked Science ArticlesNaked Science Articles Experiments to do at HomeExperiments to do at Home Science Discussion ForumScience Discussion Forum
Science News StoriesScience News Stories Answers to Science QuestionsAnswers to Science Questions Interviews with Famous ScientistsInterviews with Famous Scientists

Click here for the Naked Scientists PODCAST

The contents of this site are © The Naked Scientists® 2000-2008. The Naked Scientists® and Naked Science® are registered trademarks.