EPISODE · Nov 6, 2015 · 25 MIN
Cancer, Space Suits, Balloons
from How Your World Works · host Popular Mechanics / Panoply
In this round table episode we talk to contributing writer Kira Peikoff about her story on a new form of cancer treatment that finds promise in patients with abnormally positive responses to otherwise unsuccessful trial drugs. Then we float theories on helium, save Neil Armstrong's space suit from disintegration, and consider the merits (or folly) of The Drinking Jacket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In this round table episode we talk to contributing writer Kira Peikoff about her story on a new form of cancer treatment that finds promise in patients with abnormally positive responses to otherwise unsuccessful trial drugs. Then we float theories on helium, save Neil Armstrong's space suit from disintegration, and consider the merits (or folly) of The Drinking Jacket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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