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Fighting cancer with CRISPR, and dating ancient rock art with wasp nests
Fighting cancer with CRISPR, and dating ancient rock art with wasp nests
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Feb 6, 2020
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Podcast episode
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On this week’s show, Staff Writer Jennifer Couzin-Frankel joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about a Science paper that combines two hot areas of research-link—CRISPR gene editing and immunotherapy for cancer—and tests it in patients.
Sarah also talks with Damien Finch, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne, about the Kimberly region of Australia and dating its ice age cave paintings using charcoal from nearby wasp nests.
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Sarah also talks with Damien Finch, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne, about the Kimberly region of Australia and dating its ice age cave paintings using charcoal from nearby wasp nests.
Episode page
This week’s episode was edited by Podigy.
Listen to previous podcasts.
About the Science Podcast
Download a transcript (PDF).
Released:
Feb 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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