Sounds Of Science

Dr. Allyson Berent speaks with us about her work to find a cure for her daughter’s rare disease.

Herodotus may be the first human historian, but to travel farther back in time we need our fossil friends, the horseshoe crab.

Can free data and for-profit research coexist?

How California veterinarian Jamie Peyton uses tilapia skins to heal four-legged burn victims, including those hurt in  the California wildfires.

One woman describes the messy reality of living with stage IV cancer. 

How vaccines can protect everyone if enough people get them. A conversation with microbiologist Ken Henderson.

A tool that seems inspired by Hollywood animation imagery allows us to accurately model and measure subtle movements in rodent models of CNS disease.

Medicines can be toxic to the ear, so where’s the regulatory guidance?

The debilitating liver disease, a consequence of bad diets, is on the rise.  So is the pipeline of drugs trying to arrest it.  

When communicating your concern to a cancer patient, words matter…a lot.

CRISPR technology has enabled rapid advances in gene editing, but it also invites unintended consequences.  

David Hysong talks about a diagnosis that changed his life and professional direction.

One of the trickiest parts of drug discovery is moving from test tubes to animals. Here’s a way to not only pick up the pace of the process, but also the expectations for results.

Poultry products are going antibiotic free. Unfortunately for farmers, chickens won’t magically be healthy all the time.

In the real world, we are constantly surrounded by countless living organisms. For the extraordinary germ-free mouse, this presents a problem. Join host Mary Parker and hear how Senior Manager Rich Morin and his team at Charles River’s transgenic facility are creating (literally) customized solutions to this problem.