It permeates everyday life. Yet the understanding of advances in biomedical science is limited at best. Few people make the connection that biomedical science is medicine and that biomedical scientists are working today for the medicine of tomorrow. Our weekly five-hundred word newspaper column and two-minute radio show provide insights into a broad range of biomedical science topics. Medical Discovery News is dedicated to explaining discoveries in biomedical research and their promise for the future of medicine.
Each release is designed to stimulate listeners to think, question and appreciate how science affects their health as well as that of the rest of the world. We also delve into significant biomedical discoveries and portray how science (or the lack of it) has impacted health throughout history.
Dave: Our immune system weakens with age. After about 75 or 80 we’re pretty much open season to the bugs out there.
Norbert: So, I’ve still got fifty years…
Dave: Norbert, your picture’s on our website.
Norbert: Oh yeah... but wait! A new study shows I’m as good as I was in my twenties when it comes to a specialized class of immune cells. My body’s cellular immunity, which kills virus-infected cells, remains just as active today... More »
If you’re a loyal listener you know I’ve written several episodes on Egyptian pharaohs. Not another one of your Dr. Death episodes? Yep, but this time it is not about King Tut, but Ramses the third who ruled Egypt in its twentieth dynasty between 1186 and 1155 BCE.
Ramses defended Egypt from three foreign invasions and developed industry and trade with Africa’s Somali coast. The middle of his reign was prosperous, but later, corruption and instability undermined his reign... More »
