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Molly Webster (host)

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185 total appearances

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Radiolab
The Spark of Life

There's honestly so much about this world of light inside the body that we don't know yet.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

Some of the researchers describe this field as risky, like it could all add up to nothing.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

But if they're right, it could change everything, or at least a lot of things.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

For Narosha, even if she doesn't know what the purpose of the light is inside the body, like even if there isn't one, it might have a purpose for us outside the body.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

To say, oh, hey, your body's growing cancer.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

I guess the question then is, is there a significant difference between the photon release in cancer cells versus other cells?

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

And we've shown that and we've published that.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

They have two different light signatures.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

So with the light coming off cancer, you guys are actually diagnosing cancer earlier?

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

So even if it's like, even if the light was not biologically purposeful, you're thinking maybe it could still be diagnostically useful.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

So it's like basically we've walked through...

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

I'm just gonna make you say it again, but you've like walked through brain cells that let out photons, tumor cells that let out photons, normal body cells that let out photons.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

You're saying everybody, every cell that you've looked at

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

When does the light start?

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

And then does it truly go away?