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Could Eye Drops Replace Your Glasses?
Getting older means it’s likely that your eyes will have trouble focusing on things at close distances, so we are often prescribed glasses to combat this problem. But what if there were eye drops that could achieve the same results?
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The Surprisingly Useful Medicines Hiding in Pee
Your urine is mostly water, but hidden in there are trace amounts of some very useful stuff!
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How Doctors Accidentally Discovered Psychiatric Drugs
The brain is incredibly complex and things just go wrong sometimes, but scientists have managed to create effective medications... with the help of a few happy accidents.
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We Totally Missed a Different Kind of Dementia for Decades
A key part of treating a disorder, is identifying what it's not. It turns out what we thought was one form of dementia may be multiple problems.
TED Talks
Nina Tandon: Could tissue engineering mean personalized medicine?
Each of our bodies is utterly unique, which is a lovely thought until it comes to treating an illness -- when every body reacts differently, often unpredictably, to standard treatment. Tissue engineer Nina Tandon talks about a possible...
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5 Great Minds to Celebrate in 2021 and Beyond | Compilation
To ring in 2021, we want to celebrate some of the greatest minds in science — folks who have contributed to our understanding of the world and in some cases saved lives along the way!
TED Talks
Lee Cronin: Print your own medicine
Chemist Lee Cronin is working on a 3D printer that, instead of objects, is able to print molecules. An exciting potential long-term application: printing your own medicine using chemical inks.
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Finally, a Drug That Helps With the Worst COVID-19 Infections
A bit of good news on the COVID-19 front this week: New research reveals a drug that might actually help save severely ill patients, and data suggests that distancing policies may have saved millions of lives over the last few months.
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Ecstasy in Rivers and The World's First Geological Map
SciShow News shares new research into how music festivals can lead to high levels of drugs in your drinking water, and celebrates the man who created the world’s first geological map.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Jeff Leek and Lucy McGowan: Can you spot the problem with these headlines? (Level 1)
In medicine, there's often a disconnect between news headlines and the scientific research they cover. While headlines are designed to catch attention, many studies produce meaningful results when they focus on a narrow, specific...
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Who Named the New COVID-19 Drug Bamlanivimab? | An Interview with Dr. Daniel Skovronsky
Earlier this month, we talked with Daniel Skovronksy, the Chief Scientific Officer of Eli Lilly, about their colorfully-named COVID-19 treatments. We also discussed the challenges of mass-producing antibodies and how medicine might...
TED Talks
TED: Why the price of insulin is a danger to diabetics | Brooke Bennett
The price of insulin in the US is both outrageous and deadly to those who can't live without it. Diabetes advocate Brooke Bennett shares her own struggles living with type 1 diabetes and how the astronomical cost of a life-saving drug...
TED Talks
Esha Alwani: What it's like to have Tourette's -- and how music gives me back control
Esha Alwani began writing songs when she was six years old, shortly after being diagnosed with Tourette syndrome. And she noticed something amazing: whenever she played music, her involuntary tics suddenly went away. Listen along as...
TED Talks
Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research
How does cancer know it's cancer? At Jay Bradner's lab, they found a molecule that might hold the answer, JQ1. But instead of patenting it and reaping the profits (as many other labs have done) -- they published their findings and mailed...
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When Waking up After Decades Turned out to Be Temporary
Around 1917, an unknown illness dubbed "sleeping sickness" caused people to suffer severe sleepiness and delirium. Some even became paralyzed for decades until a temporary cure was discovered in the 1960s. The story of this illness is...
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The Truth About COVID Vaccines and Emergency Use Authorizations
The news of several promising COVID-19 vaccines over the past few weeks has been very exciting, but so far, none have received emergency authorization for general use in the US. We'll talk about what that means, and also, why these...
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What's Up With That Russian Vaccine? | SciShow News
You might be wondering what we know about Sputnik V, the world’s first vaccine for widespread use against COVID-19. Well, so is everyone. Many experts are skeptical as to whether the vaccine actually works, because it’s been tested in a...
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Old Pill, New Trick
One team of researchers may has found a promising lead in the fight to cure or prevent Alzheimer's. And another team is helping us understand how Hydras regrow their heads.
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What Causes Runner's High?
After a good distance of running, you might have felt a sensation of happiness. That is the runner's high and some chemicals in your body cause it.
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Our Best Bets for Treating COVID-19
It will probably be at least a year before we have a vaccine for COVID-19. But in March, the WHO launched a megatrial tolook at four treatment options for the virus.
TED Talks
Susan Solomon: The promise of research with stem cells
Calling them "our bodies' own repair kits," Susan Solomon advocates research using lab-grown stem cells. By growing individual pluripotent stem cell lines, her team creates testbeds that could accelerate research into curing diseases --...
TED Talks
Priti Krishtel: Why are drug prices so high? Investigating the outdated US patent system
Between 2006 and 2016, the number of drug patents granted in the United States doubled -- but not because there was an explosion in invention or innovation. Drug companies have learned how to game the system, accumulating patents not for...
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Female Viagra' & New Insights Into Narcolepsy
Recent research has offered some new insights into our biochemistry -- from a proposed drug for sexual arousal to a possible link between the flu and narcolepsy.
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How Weed Works: THC
Hank explains the science behind the effects of that wackiest of weeds, cannabis sativa - aka marijuana.