Inside the Breakthrough - How Science Comes to Life
SciMar with Dan Riskin
In Season 2 of the series we will share a new collection of surprising and unusual stories from the history of science. In each episode we will feature two seemingly unrelated stories from the past. Then, Dan Riskin will connect the dots between those stories and offer insight into how that history impacts modern medical research. We are learning from the past so we can understand the present, and inform the future. Along the way we will learn how a professor at Stanford turned mild mannered young men into cruel vicious prison guards, and how the Irish Potato Famine really had nothing to do with potatoes. We will ask questions such as: “Did we learn the wrong lesson from the sinking of the Titanic?” “How many people did Orson Wells actually fool?” and “What exactly is Maple Syrup Urine Disease?” In these ten episodes we will also follow along with SciMar as they take their breakthrough science into the testing phase. Will the things they discovered in a row of test tubes in the lab be repeatable in real people? And will that prove to be the final cure for type 2 diabetes? So, if you are intrigued by science, get excited about the process of discovery, and want to have the best stories at your next dinner party, this is the show for you. We promise a season full of guinea pigs, Corona beer, shipwrecks, and cobras. -- The series is produced by SciMar, a medical research company developing a new way to detect, treat and cure type 2 diabetes. Rather than insulin from the pancreas, they are focused on hepatalin, a hormone that comes from the liver. We will use historical stories to shine a light on where this modern company is headed.
Categories: Science & Medicine
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Previous episodes
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23 - Spreading the News Mon, 14 Feb 2022
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22 - Guinea Pigs Mon, 31 Jan 2022
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21 - Follow the Money Mon, 17 Jan 2022
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20 - Old Meets New Mon, 3 Jan 2022
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19 - Too Much or Too Little? Mon, 13 Dec 2021
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18 - Unintended Consequences Mon, 29 Nov 2021
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17 - Double Blind Mon, 15 Nov 2021
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16 - Tools for Testing Mon, 1 Nov 2021
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15 - The Trouble With Trials Mon, 18 Oct 2021
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14 - What's in a Name? Mon, 4 Oct 2021
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13 - Introducing Season 2 Mon, 20 Sep 2021
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12 - Bonus Episode – How We Got Here Wed, 1 Sep 2021
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11 - Seeing It With Your Own Eyes Mon, 31 May 2021
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10 - Going Back to Square One Mon, 17 May 2021
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9 - Why Giving It All Away Doesn’t Always Work Mon, 3 May 2021
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8 - Generations: What Newton taught Einstein Mon, 19 Apr 2021
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7 - When Snake Oil Enters the Courtroom Mon, 5 Apr 2021
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6 - Diversity, Leaded Gasoline, and Carjacking Mon, 22 Mar 2021
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5 - Why Unpopular Science is Good Science Mon, 8 Mar 2021
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4 - Ross Geller and Marie Curie are Outsiders Mon, 22 Feb 2021
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3 - How Bad Timing Killed the Electric Car Mon, 8 Feb 2021
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2 - Eureka! Before and After Mon, 25 Jan 2021
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1 - Introducing, Inside the Breakthrough Tue, 5 Jan 2021