106 – Dr Owen Carter – Research into the Ultraviolet Index

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 01:02.

We have all heard of the ultraviolet index in weather reports. What is it? What does it mean to the lay person? What is the average person’s perception of the ultraviolet index? I talk to Dr Owen Carter from the CBRCC and Curtin University in Western Australia about his research into this area.

- Who is most likely to get sunburned?
- What are the best predictors for skin cancer?
- What is the difference between SPF and the Ultraviolet Index?
- Is all exposure to UV bad? Is there a protective effect?
- What are people’s perceptions of the UV Index?
- What measures have been recommended to influence people’s perception of the UV index and help reduce the incidences if skin cancer?
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119 – Corin Storkey – Cancer Drug Research

This entry was posted on Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at 08:43.

In episode 119, I talk to Corin Storkey, a PhD student at the Bio21 Institute at the University of Melbourne, about some of the research he is doing into cancer drugs, and targeting the immune system such that it may be able to self-heal.

- What is cancer?
- How do current cancer drugs work?
- How does chemotherapy work?
- What are some of the drugs used?
- What has been proposed for a new way for cancer drugs to work?

Today’s listener of the episode is Aaron Cooper from the UK.

Apologies for the audio quality in this episode, but I’ve done the best I can do to clear it up.

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