Episodes

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Broadcast Date Episode Title Episode #
Sep 24, 2021 A Vaccine for Lyme Disease 775
Sep 17, 2021 SARS-CoV-2 Evolution 774
Sep 10, 2021 Regrow Your Cartilage 773
Sep 3, 2021 A personalized vaccine for cancer 772
Aug 27, 2021 Let's Get Vocal About Disease 771
Aug 20, 2021 A New Way to See Again 770
Aug 13, 2021 One Man's Quest to Cure Rare Autoimmunity 769
Aug 6, 2021 Eat Mo' Chili Peppers and Live! 768
Jul 30, 2021 Dire Wolves: Not a Wolf at All 767
Jul 23, 2021 Key to Ending the COVID Pandemic 766
Jul 16, 2021 Prostate Cancer Crystal Ball 765
Jul 9, 2021 Catnip Crazy 764
Jul 2, 2021 Vaping and Lung Disease 763
Jun 25, 2021 Slow the Aging Kids 762
Jun 18, 2021 A Vaccine Against Cancer 761
Jun 11, 2021 Too Much of a Good Thing 760
Jun 4, 2021 Origin Story of Aspirin 759
May 28, 2021 A President's Health 758
May 21, 2021 Myths and the COVID Vaccine 757
May 14, 2021 Plague and the World Order 756
May 7, 2021 Copper Bracelet for RA 755
Apr 30, 2021 Death of a President 754
Apr 23, 2021 Genes from Neanderthals 753
Apr 16, 2021 The Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Infection 752
Apr 9, 2021 The Bionic Eye 751
Apr 2, 2021 They Eat Viruses 750
Mar 26, 2021 e-Cigs Are Not Safe 749
Mar 19, 2021 Vaccine Disinformation 748
Mar 12, 2021 Detecting Extraterrestrial Life Using Small Tools 747
Mar 5, 2021 Losing Weight by Gene Editing Your Fat Cells 746
Feb 26, 2021 Engineering Mosquitos to Prevent Disease 745
Feb 19, 2021 We Are Wired For Sugar 744
Feb 12, 2021 The Chemist Who Helped Cure Leprosy 743
Feb 5, 2021 Is Your Hair Worth the Risk? 742
Jan 29, 2021 Stopping Cancer in Its Tracks 741
Jan 22, 2021 An Apple A Day Keeps Dementia Away 740
Jan 15, 2021 The Bacteria Behind BO 739
Jan 8, 2021 Bomb-Sniffing Cyborg Locusts 738
Jan 1, 2021 A Styrofoam-Eating Bug 737
Dec 25, 2020 Nobel 2020 736
Dec 18, 2020 Detecting COVID Community Spread 735
Dec 11, 2020 Another Reason to Like the Mediterranean Diet 734
Dec 3, 2020 Development and the Risk of Pandemics 733
Nov 27, 2020 Brainwave Translation 732
Nov 20, 2020 Read History in a Glacier 731
Nov 13, 2020 Wash Out That Gray Hair 730
Nov 6, 2020 An Artist's Genetic Disease 729
Oct 30, 2020 Gene Editing for Sickle Cell 728
Oct 23, 2020 What Do Llamas and Nurse Sharks Have in Common? 727
Oct 15, 2020 The Origins of the ICU 726
Oct 9, 2020 Patching the Heart 725
Oct 2, 2020 Medical Microbots 724
Sep 25, 2020 New England Vampires 723