Episode Details

Today we explore whether there is a potential long-term cure for asthma based on recent studies, how shark intestines are shaped exactly like a Tesla Valve, and what happens when you transplant human brain cells in newborn rats. 

Asthma Cure 

• “Potential Long-Term Treatment for Asthma Found” by Aston University
  • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220809141233.htm
• “A Potential Long-Term Asthma Treatment Has Passed Early Trials in Mice” by DAVID NIELD
  • https://www.sciencealert.com/a-potential-long-term-asthma-treatment-has-passed-early-trials-in-mice
• Most Recent Asthma Data
  • https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/most_recent_national_asthma_data.htm

Shark Intestines 

• “Shark Intestines Spiral Like a Valve Invented By Nikola Tesla” by Alex Fox
  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sharks-intestines-spiral-valve-invented-nikola-tesla-180978307/
• “Shark spiral intestines may operate as Tesla valves” by Samantha C. Leigh, Adam P. Summers, Sarah L. Hoffmann and Donovan P. German
  • https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.1359

Human Brain Cells in Rats

• “Human brain cells transplanted into baby rats’ brains grow and form connections” by Jessica Hamzelou
  • https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10/12/1061204/human-brain-cells-transplanted-baby-rats-brains/
• “Maturation and circuit integration of transplanted human cortical organoids” by Omer Revah et al.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05277-w

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