SciFri Radio: Anatomy

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With just one injection of an experimental gene therapy treatment, doctors have been able to significantly improve the sight of 12 individuals born...

SciFri Radio: Are Humans Still Evolving?
Has access to modern medical care thrown a wrench into the 'survival of the fittest' basis of evolution? New research says no -- we're still evolving.

SciFri Radio: Now Hear This
We'll talk about research into how people hear, from the tiny hair cells within the ear, to the body's ways of dealing with loud noises.

SciFri Radio: Rare Mother-to-Fetus Cancer Transmission Described
Researchers have identified an instance of a pregnant mother transmitting cancer cells to her offspring.

SciFri Radio: Early Hominid Fossil Find
Researchers unveiled several studies of an early hominid known as Ardipithecus ramidus. We'll find out how those studies affect our understanding...

SciFri Radio: Why Do We Have Fingerprints?
The standard answer is that fingerprints increase friction, improving the grip of the fingertips. New research, however, says that may not be the...

SciFri Radio: Dissection
A new book uses photographs to tell the history of a medical school rite of passage, dissection.

SciFri Radio: The Body's Bacteria
A new study of the critters that live on the human body find that our skin is home to a much wider variety of bacteria than previously thought.

SciFri Radio: How We Hear
How does the brain process sounds into meaningful speech?

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SciFri Videos: Anatomy

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Video: Growing a Heart
Watch researchers grow a heart.

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Video: Laser Eye Surgery in Six Minutes
Each year, millions of Americans pay to have their eyeballs poked, prodded, suctioned, sliced and zapped with a laser. In exchange, their vision is...

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Video: Building an e-Nose
Joel White and John Kauer, neuroscientists from Tufts University Medical School in Boston, MA have developed an electronic nose. The secret to...

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Video: Elephants Can't Jump
John Hutchinson, a biologist at the Royal Veterinary College at the University of London, studies the locomotion of extra-large animals.

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Video: Have a Heart
Not in the Halloween spirit yet? Try this video. NPR's Joe Palca stops in at the meeting of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation to take a peek...

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Video: Bones Come To Life With 3-D Scans
Using CT scans, DigiMorph, a project run out of the University of Texas, has compiled hundreds of 3-D visualizations of fossils, skeletons and...

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Anatomy

Newsbrief: One Crustacean: Many Powers
The most complex visual system in the animal kingdom belongs to an agressive crustacean.

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