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Science Diction

MRIGlobal

Science

Technology

Frequency: 1 episode/33d. Total Eps: 19

The words used in science can be perplexing. Join host Erin Merritt and her guests as they uncover their meaning and the positive impact and value of the science behind them.

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🇺🇸 USA - Natural Sciences
07/10/2025
#84
🇺🇸 USA - Natural Sciences
06/10/2025
#92
🇨🇦 Canada - Natural Sciences
03/05/2025
#98
🇨🇦 Canada - Natural Sciences
02/05/2025
#83
🇨🇦 Canada - Natural Sciences
01/05/2025
#61
🇨🇦 Canada - Natural Sciences
30/04/2025
#42
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Natural Sciences
10/09/2024
#97
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Natural Sciences
09/09/2024
#77
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Natural Sciences
08/09/2024
#65

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Neurodegeneration

Season 3 · Episode 4

Friday, April 11, 2025 • Duration 19:06

What happens when the cells of the nervous system, which are called neurons, die? As approximately 86 billion of these cells are found in the brain, spinal cord, and throughout the body, their failure can be devastating. On this episode, we discuss how our nervous system functions like an electrical grid, nature's impact on the nervous systems of the living and the unborn, and where you might first experience signs of neurodegeneration.

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Generic Drugs

Season 3 · Episode 3

Friday, March 7, 2025 • Duration 13:39

Generic pharmaceuticals make up nine out of every 10 prescriptions in the United States and in 2025 drugs for COPD, hypertension, high cholesterol, cancer, and many other disease conditions have expiring patents, so can be produced as generics. These drugs are as effective and work the same as the name brands, but typically cost consumers significantly less. On this episode, we discuss how they're formulated to be effective, how they're scaled from laboratory to manufacturing, and why they're so important in improving access and affordability.

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Antimicrobial Resistance

Season 3 · Episode 2

Monday, February 10, 2025 • Duration 13:04

There are potentially billions of different types of bacteria, which are found almost everywhere. Some are friends while others are foes. For the few microbes that have the potential to make you sick, you can try to kill them with an antimicrobial cleaner or soap, or an antibiotic. But those that survive may actually become stronger. In this episode, we discuss the threat presented by antimicrobial resistance, why it's becoming more of a problem, and why there is reason for hope.

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Agnostic Detection

Season 3 · Episode 1

Monday, January 13, 2025 • Duration 12:50

New pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, and fungi are emerging at an unprecedented rate and spreading faster than ever before. This makes the ability to detect these threats – even unknown ones – more critical than ever. In this episode, we discuss how agnostic detection methods translate customer needs into panel design, their importance in pandemic preparedness, and the trade-offs associated with agnostic targeting.

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Environmental Exposure

Season 2 · Episode 10

Friday, September 20, 2024 • Duration 09:02

Chemicals are all around us, from the foods we eat to flame retardants in the carpet. But how do we know that they’re safe? In this episode with Dr. Kristin Aillon, we discuss the data that supports public health, whether eliminating risk is possible, and how researchers keep up with an estimated 2,000 new chemicals that are introduced each year.

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Fentanyl

Season 2 · Episode 8

Monday, July 15, 2024 • Duration 13:50

The majority of synthetic opioid overdose deaths in 2023 were due to one drug – fentanyl. On this episode, we discuss why it’s so potent, the scale of the problem, and how MRIGlobal is helping first responders do their job safely and effectively when putting themselves in harm’s way.

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CRISPR

Season 2 · Episode 7

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 • Duration 14:52

Research scientists are putting CRISPR gene editing to work in agriculture, diagnostics, disease therapeutics, and even in the fight against climate change. Dr. Julie Lucas offers insight into why ensuring its responsible use is critical and how it may help us find new pathogens before they impact human health.

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Sleep

Season 2 · Episode 6

Thursday, May 9, 2024 • Duration 22:31

Sleep is an incredibly important process that involves multiple states and stages, each with different functions for health. It is also not a single homogeneous state, but a period that involves the complex interplay of neurotransmitter systems and physiological processes. Dr. Ian Colrain shares his expertise on its complexity and the impacts of sleep deprivation, being a teenager, and even alcohol consumption.

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Field Forward

Season 2 · Episode 5

Thursday, April 18, 2024 • Duration 13:34

Infectious diseases can emerge from anywhere in the world, and when they do, it's critical that officials are prepared with detection and diagnostic methods for use in environments that have space, time, and resource constraints. Jennifer Stone shares with us how field forward detection and diagnostic devices are developed and their role in providing care to remote communities around the world.

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Point of Need

Season 2 · Episode 4

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 • Duration 11:18

Have you ever swabbed inside your nose and used that sample to help diagnose if you have the flu or COVID-19? Or maybe you peed on a pregnancy test. The technology that makes those and other diagnostic tests like them possible is rooted in chemistry. Dr. Karen Peltier shares with us how the pandemic helped improve access to diagnostics and the chemistry that provides you an accurate diagnosis.

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