Episode 711
Marvellous Materials in Medicine
The helpful materials that keep us healthy.
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
August 20, 201959m 37s
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Show Notes
This week, Chris Smith and Izzie Clarke explore the helpful materials that keep us healthy. How are dental implants made and fitted? Bacteria-resistant plastic coatings; and what hip implants have in common with plastic bags. Plus, in the latest science news, why pancreatic cancer is so aggressive - and how we might stop it, signs that something ten times the size of the Earth slammed into Jupiter, and more... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
pancreatic cancerMadagascar antPCRKary MullisAgeing brainstem cellJupiter coreTitan atmospherescience questionsdental implantbacteria-resistant catheterhip replacementscollagen scaffold