DDN Dialogues
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Seeing into the future of autism detection
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
According to the CDC, about 1 in 36 children in the United States has autism. An early and accurate diagnosis is hugely important for children and the...
Healing a broken heart
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a heart attack, the damage is permanent — for now. Researchers are testing innovative ways to get the heart to regenerate muscle cells and fix...
The antibiotics hidden in medieval recipes
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Could the solution to antibiotic resistance already have been discovered? Microbiologists and historians probe medieval and ancient texts to find out....
Rejuvenating the retina to save vision
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In diabetic macular edema, senescent cells build up in the retina, leading to vision loss. A new drug forces these undead cells to die, healing the re...
From warhead to cancer-killer, the quest for more actinium-225
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Actinium-225 is a radioactive isotope that kills cancer cells with a burst of alpha particles, but it was difficult to make enough of it — until now...
Sex differs in matters of the heart
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An off-the-cuff request at the local butcher led to a serendipitous discovery about heart valve disease, leading to potential new sex-specific ways to...
The diabetes gene that broke all the rules
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers discovered a new gene required for pancreas development, but much to their surprise, they found that it was absent in all animals except p...
Making sugar healthy
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With some out-of-the-box engineering, researchers have developed a nature-inspired strategy to turn sugar in packaged foods into gut-healthy fiber.
All eyes on space
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome impairs astronauts’ vision, but new strategies to study the condition in space and on Earth may lead ...
A new hope for Chagas disease
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chagas disease stems from a parasitic infection. Now, with the help of a few insect-eating monkeys, a new treatment for this condition is on the horiz...
Demystifying misophonia
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
People with misophonia feel intense anger in response to certain sounds. Can scientists find a cure? Misophonia Trigger Warning: To skip past a ser...