Synthetic Biology

Synthetic Biology

We explore synthetic biology in this Naked Scientists Show, finding out how to learn from, and improve on, the structures and systems we find in nature. We'll meet the team of students who designed a biological sensor to win the international genetically engineered machine competition, or iGEM, and find out how to build bespoke proteins. In Kitchen Science, we feed an egg to some enzymes to find out how biological washing powder works. Plus, what the brain does when it sees a familiar face, genetically modified crops boost resistant bug numbers, how to create hair cells, essential for hearing,... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Chris Hoy's cancer diagnosis, and AI finds us common ground

Chris Hoy's cancer diagnosis, and AI finds us common ground

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Sir Chris Hoy goes public with his terminal prostate cancer diagnosis; the World Health Organization has declared Egypt malaria-free; also, it's time to change...

25 Okt 202433min

Searching for signs of life on Europa

Searching for signs of life on Europa

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, as NASA's Europa Clipper mission successfully blasts off towards Jupiter's moon, we look at how it leads the search for life in our solar system... Like this p...

22 Okt 202431min

Modifying insulin, and the melting Sphinx

Modifying insulin, and the melting Sphinx

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: The new form of insulin that switches itself off before blood sugar falls too low; also, scientists suss out the origins of most of the meteors that fall to Ea...

18 Okt 202428min

Is a vegan diet a healthy one?

Is a vegan diet a healthy one?

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, what science has to say about whether a vegan diet is a healthy diet... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

15 Okt 202433min

Electrical stitches show potential, and Nobel prizes

Electrical stitches show potential, and Nobel prizes

In the news pod, how electrically conductive stitches can speed up wound healing. Scientists find the DNA of human victims embedded in the teeth of two African lions shot in the 1800's. And the Nobel ...

11 Okt 202432min

Rules of engagement: Nullifying neurotrauma

Rules of engagement: Nullifying neurotrauma

Today, we're going in depth on traumatic brain injuries. James Tytko speaks with Dawn Astle, daughter of former England striker Jeff Astle, about the finding that his death was linked to head trauma s...

8 Okt 202432min

Diabetes cured with stem cells, and US bans Chinese tech

Diabetes cured with stem cells, and US bans Chinese tech

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Diabetes fixed with stem cells: scientists reprogramme a patient's fat cells to produce insulin; also why some security specialists are worried Chinese-made el...

4 Okt 202430min

Lockdown legacies: how Covid continues to shape the world

Lockdown legacies: how Covid continues to shape the world

Four and a half years ago many countries told their inhabitants they had to stay at home for weeks at a time to control the coronavirus pandemic. Many countries had never resorted to any such measure ...

1 Okt 202436min

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