Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGene therapy for sickle cell disease often isn’t a cure, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Gene therapy for sickle cell disease has a breathtaking price tag of 2-3 million dollars per person, and for some people who receive it, is doesn’t a…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
A new technique is better than gene therapy for curing sickle cell disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Headlines have announced that sickle cell disease can be cured with gene therapy. Now there’s a better way developed at Johns Hopkins and other cente…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
A new technique cures most people with sickle cell disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Bone marrow transplants used to be limited to just those people with sickle cell disease who could receive bone marrow from a matched donor. Rick Jon…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
What’s the best way to cure sickle cell disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Sickle cell disease is a genetic abnormality that causes red blood cells to sickle instead of being round, and a host of problems result, including e…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Breast cancer survival rates have stalled, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Improvements in breast cancer detection and treatment have resulted in improved survival, but now those improvements seem to have stalled, a new anal…
8 months ago
Possible impacts of new cancer drugs need to be cataloged, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are cancer drugs that for many have been a lifeline. Yet they are associated with a range of reactions that really need …
8 months ago
How might microplastics be related to cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Microplastics you’ve inhaled and eaten are found all over your body, a recent study shows, and while no one knows exactly how they’re impacting your …
8 months ago
Your body has microplastics in many places, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Microplastics are formed from the breakdown of plastics in the environment, and they’ve now been found in many places in the human body, a new study …
8 months ago
There are things you can do to help protect your respiratory health even with dryer air and poor air quality, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Breathing through your mouth makes health issues from dryer air even worse, says David Edwards, a respiratory health expert at Johns Hopkins. His rec…
8 months ago
How is poor air quality related to dry air and respiratory health? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Very tiny particles known as PM2.5 are a part of pollutants in the air, and have been shown to negatively affect health. Ditto for warming temperatur…
8 months, 1 week ago