SciFri Radio: Biochemistry

SciFri Radio: Python Could Help Treat Heart Disease
Molecular biologist Leslie Leinwand discusses how a python’s heart could help treat heart disease.

SciFri Radio: More Reasons To Eat Your Fruits And Veggies
In some people, a fruit and vegetable filled diet can lower heart attack risk.

SciFri Radio: A Tale Of Two Addicts: Freud, Halsted And Cocaine
Medical historian Howard Markel discusses his book An Anatomy of Addiction.

SciFri Radio: Forecasting ‘Dead Zone’ Conditions in the Gulf
The Gulf of Mexico’s ‘Dead Zone’ may be larger this summer than in years past.

SciFri Radio: Researchers Make A Stink To Fight Mosquitoes
Researchers are using new smells to confuse hungry mosquitoes and keep them from making meals of us.

SciFri Radio: Did Ancient Eruptions Form Life's Building Blocks?
A 1958 experiment mimicking a volcanic eruption formed many amino acids, according to new analysis.

SciFri Radio: Can Dogs Smell Cancer?
A new study says a dog did better than conventional tests in identifying patients with cancer.

SciFri Radio: Tracking Carbon Through Your Gut And Beyond
Gym-goers don't "burn" fat--they break it down into CO2 and water, extracting energy in the process.

SciFri Radio: The Science of Beer and Brewing
Yeast, hops, grain, water, biology, chemistry, and physics, all go into making a great glass of beer.

SciFri Radio: Lungs, Taste, and Asthma
Researchers have discovered that lung tissue contains taste receptors. The find, they say, could lead to improved treatments for asthma.

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Biochemistry

Newsbrief: Follow Your Nose
A man's sweat can change a woman's body chemistry.

Newsbrief: Color from Nature
Clothing could get their color—and germ-fighting properties—from a strain of marine bacteria

Newsbrief: Gluing Broken Bones
A tiny sea worm may hold the key to knitting bones without screws.