Ira Flatow
speaker
1,345 appearances
25 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 4d ago
Ira Flatow’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And if you have nightmares about demon ducks and terror birds after listening to this, give us a call.
877-4-CYFRY.
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We'll see you next time.
I'm Ira Flato.
Hi, this is Ira Flato, and you're listening to Science Friday.
Right now, your DNA is mutating.
Yes, yours.
Well, and mine too.
And no, I'm not giving you an early cancer diagnosis.
Cancer and mutations obviously go hand in hand, but you may be surprised to know that our bodily systems are rife with mutations.
These errors and attempts to repair them are a key to understanding immune function, aging, and even how heart disease develops.
In fact, gene mutations can even mitigate the harm caused by some inherited diseases.
My next guest is here to take us on a journey through the illuminating science of genetic mutations.
Roxanne Kamsey is a science writer and author of the new book, Beyond Inheritance, Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health.
She's based in Montreal, Quebec.
Nice to have you.
Okay.
You know, most of us think about our DNA as it's static, it's stable, kind of like a personal ID number.
How should we be thinking about how our DNA changes over the course of our lives?
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