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Opinionated Science Episode 11: Biohacking: DIY Gene Editing, Fluorescent Beer and COVID-19 content piece image
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Opinionated Science Episode 11: Biohacking: DIY Gene Editing, Fluorescent Beer and COVID-19

In this episode, the team take a deep dive into the world of biohacking. Practitioners of this DIY biology have big goals: making genetic technologies available to all, bypassing government regulation of drugs and (on the fringes of the movement) achieving immortality.
Opinionated Science Episode 10: COVID-19 Vaccines: Three Leading Candidates, Assessed content piece image
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Opinionated Science Episode 10: COVID-19 Vaccines: Three Leading Candidates, Assessed

In this episode, the TN team discusses three promising vaccine candidates being developed for COVID-19. We take a deep dive into the data from these vaccine trials to try and work out what successes can be celebrated and what unanswered questions still remain.
Opinionated Science Episode 9: The Ethics of Genetics Testing: “Duty of Care”, Consent and Data Security content piece image
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Opinionated Science Episode 9: The Ethics of Genetics Testing: “Duty of Care”, Consent and Data Security

Advances in genetic testing have come with a lot of ethical baggage. In this podcast we discuss how clinical testing can throw up surprise results for doctor and patient, the test data that is helping fight COVID-19 and how one of our own editors responded to receiving her genetic risk scores.

Opinionated Science Episode 8: Personalized Medicine: Cancer, Neuroscience and Genetic Data content piece image
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Opinionated Science Episode 8: Personalized Medicine: Cancer, Neuroscience and Genetic Data

In this episode, we discuss the potential of personalized, precision approaches to change healthcare. We hear how cancer care has been one of the first areas to take advantage of patient-specific data, the risks and rewards of increased access to genomic data and how neuroscience is beginning to explore diseases of the brain at a personal level.
Opinionated Science Episode 7: The Vagus Nerve: A Target to Treat Brain and Body? content piece image
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Opinionated Science Episode 7: The Vagus Nerve: A Target to Treat Brain and Body?

In this episode, we review the evidence surrounding vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), a therapy approved for epilepsy and depression that backers now want to use to treat a host of other conditions, include autoimmune disease and heart failure. How can scientists fill in the gaps in the VNS knowledge base?
Opinionated Science Episode 6: COVID-19: Repurposing Drugs, Hydroxychloroquine and Clinical Trials content piece image
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Opinionated Science Episode 6: COVID-19: Repurposing Drugs, Hydroxychloroquine and Clinical Trials

In this episode, the Technology Networks team discusses drug treatments to combat SARS-CoV-2. These drugs, like the anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine, have often been repurposed for the task, and evidence for their efficacy remains patchy. Why do researchers turn to these medications and how will the field of drug development be changed by the COVID-19 pandemic?
Opinionated Science Episode 5: The Placebo Effect: Phantom Surgery, Alternative Medicine and the Big Bad Nocebo content piece image
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Opinionated Science Episode 5: The Placebo Effect: Phantom Surgery, Alternative Medicine and the Big Bad Nocebo

In this episode, the Technology Networks team investigates the placebo effect. Why have placebo treatments become more effective at treating patients in the last few decades (but only in the USA) and what do powerful placebos mean for clinical trials?
Opinionated Science Episode 4: Food Fraud: Fake Wine, Poisonous Milk and Horse Lasagna content piece image
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Opinionated Science Episode 4: Food Fraud: Fake Wine, Poisonous Milk and Horse Lasagna

In this episode, the Technology Networks team takes a bite into the world of food fraud. We take a look at famous cases of fraud, including scandals involving horse meat, baby formula and expensive wine. We also discover the analytical methods that inspectors can try and use to find fraudulent food before it makes it to your plate.
Opinionated Science Episode 3: The Microbiome: Gut-Brain Connections and “Poo Pills” content piece image
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Opinionated Science Episode 3: The Microbiome: Gut-Brain Connections and “Poo Pills”

In this episode, the Technology Networks team discusses the community of bacteria that have made our bodies their home: the microbiome.
Opinionated Science Episode 2: Psychedelic Drugs: Ketamine for Depression, Party Octopuses and Stoned Dolphins content piece image
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Opinionated Science Episode 2: Psychedelic Drugs: Ketamine for Depression, Party Octopuses and Stoned Dolphins

In this episode, the Technology Networks team discusses the rejuvenated field of psychedelic drugs research and how it might provide solutions for enduring mental health disorders.
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