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Science Changing Life — 57 episodes
2025 Year in Review: Five insights we’re still thinking about
What’s next for IBD care: Insights from a surgeon-scientist
Scientists offer their best career (and life) advice
Wired for risk: The science of addiction and mental health
Pathogens in the pipeline: How wastewater holds clues to the next pandemic
Virologist gives update on H5N1, mpox, and preparing for an uncertain future
The long haul: Personal and scientific insights into long COVID
Futureproof: Eric Topol on revolutionizing pandemic preparedness
Beyond the hype: AI’s impact on medicine and science with Eric Topol
Gene editing, CRISPR, and drawing the line between science and fiction
Everything we know about H5N1 bird flu
Building a 'telescope' for the brain
A physician-scientist’s guide to developing medicines
Solving the origins of life and other mysteries in chemistry
How biosensors are enabling a new era in medicine
Episode 43 – Ahmed Badran: Bioengineering our way out of climate change
Episode 42 – Mia Huang: How sugar biology can help diagnose and treat cancer
Episode 41 – Ram Krishnamurthy: Astrobiology, origins of life and the search for extraterrestrials
Episode 40 – Sumit Chanda: How can we prepare for the next pandemic?
Episode 39 – Ali Torkamani: Preventing heart disease with personalized genetic testing
Episode 38 – Danielle Grotjahn: What mitochondria tell us about disease, stress and cell death
Episode 37 – Stuti Jaiswal: Improving sleep health with wearable devices
Episode 36 – Evert Njomen: Hacking our cellular recycling system to prevent the next deadly pathogen
Episode 35 – Andrew Su: How artificial and community intelligence are shaping medicine
Episode 34 – Travis Young: Finding a cure for cancer with novel immunotherapies
Episode 33 – Frederick Barrett: Psychoactive compounds to treat depression, addiction & inflammation
Episode 32 – Ryan Shenvi: Ethnomedicine to improve learning, memory and mental health
Episode 31 – Sandra Encalada: Linking traffic jams in the brain to neurodegenerative disease
Episode 30 – The biochemistry of aging: Scripps Research Magazine
Episode 29 – Precision therapies for age-related diseases: Scripps Research Magazine
Episode 28 – Personalized genetic testing: Scripps Research Magazine
Episode 27 – Overcoming arthritis: Scripps Research Magazine
Episode 26 – Cellular secrets to a longer life: Scripps Research Magazine
Episode 25 - Ed Ramos: Reversing diabetes with personalized nutrition
Episode 24- Eric Topol & Andrew Ward: How Spike Protein Discoveries Drove Coronavirus Vaccine Design
Episode 23 – Daphne Lurie: Taking Care of your Mental Health
Episode 22 – Discovery in an Era of Social Distancing: Scripps Research Magazine
Episode 21 - Kara Marshall: The Science of Bladder Control
Episode 20 – Eric Topol & Dennis Burton: Antibodies, Vaccines and the Current State of COVID-19
Episode 19 – Amanda Roberts: Mice in Outer Space
Episode 18 - Biodiversity beyond the horizon: Scripps Research Magazine
Episode 17 - Time is ticking against Lyme: Scripps Research Magazine
Episode 16 – David Biello: What Makes a Great Science TED Talk
Episode 15 – Kristen Johnson & Maria Millan: Regenerative Medicine for Osteoarthritis
Ep. 14–Brian Fiske & Jeff Kelly: Accelerating Discoveries to Treat Neurodegenerative Disease
Episode 13 – Eric Topol: High Performance Medicine – How Technology Can Bring Back Humanity
Episode 12 – Arnab Chatterjee: Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks
Episode 11 – Matthias Pauthner: Novel Approaches to Combat Infectious Disease
Episode 10 – Alyssa Shepard: Harnessing Social Media in Science
Episode 9 - Courtney Miller: How To Forget Addictions
Episode 8 – Scripps Research Branding Party Highlights
Episode 7 – Gary Siuzdak: The Golden Age of Metabolism
Episode 6 – Courtney Peterson: Intermittent Fasting
Episode 5 – Tod Williams and Billie Tsien: The Architecture of a Science Institute
Episode 4 - Steve Steinhubl: Digital Medicine
Episode 3 - Matt Tremblay: Technology Transfer - From Bench to Bedside
Episode 2 - Arthur Olson: Augmented Reality and 3D Printing