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, do you know that our mucus actually helps spread the flu virus? That’s a surprise! I knew that our mucus protects us from certain microbial invaders, but help the flu virus? No... More »
We’re so enamored with products like Siri and Alexa because they can speak to us and the more human the better. Yeah, the google AI assistant caused quite a stir when it made a restaurant reservation that sounded just like a person because it injected “ums” when it spoke. We remain the only species on earth that can speak and process words...More »
Iceland shocked the sporting world when it tied Argentina in the 2018 World Cup. It’s also making waves in something called personalized medicine. The National Cancer Institute defines personalized or precision medicine as patient care that “allows doctors to select treatments that are most likely to help patients based on a genetic understanding of their disease”... More »
