Forget Batman and Robin, there’s a new super hero team in town! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Cancer cells are the ultimate diabolical villains. Drugs can activate T cells, our immune system’s caped crusaders. But they can also cause collateral damage to healthy cells.
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Watching a toxic relationship go up in smoke… might be the best medicine. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. When facing a cancer diagnosis, you know who isn’t in your corner? Cigarettes. “The damage is already done,” you say, smoker? Well, what if it’s not
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Not many holidays in January, but—ah—happy Mel Gibson’s birthday! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Whatever you think of the hot-headed actor, all can agree: Braveheart was a great movie. That screaming blue warpaint was awesome, and it can also… cure cancer? In ancient Britain,
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Could a cure for cancer be SLIMY?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Cancer researchers have tried everything under the sun to find a cure. But what about… under the sea? The Australian white rock sea snail secretes a special slime containing chemicals called indoles.
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Aww c’mon, shed a tear! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying … It’s good for you, and our cells agree! To communicate, cells release tiny packages carrying genetic information and proteins that travel through us. They don’t know where these info-pacs go. But some
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Get my medicine! From the printer! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Liver cancer is increasingly treatable, especially with surgery. But cancer cells can remain, growing new tumors. Souha H. Youssef and team at University of South Australia said, not so fast. They three-D printed
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Go ahead cancer, make my day! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our bodies naturally fight cancer by making killer cells or NK cells. Could we help NK cells become MORE Lethal Weapons? Enter Guk Park Seong and a team from the Ulsan National Institute
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The perfect origami figure is… a cancer treatment? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Pancreatic cancer is still a mystery for researchers. With very few treatments, it is a highly fatal disease. Most pancreatic cancers are caused by a single mutation in a protein called
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The future of medicine is TINY! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Modern medicines are powerful, but getting them where they’re needed most can be a pain. What if you had a needle small enough to inject into individual cells? Enter Joseph Kreitz and team
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What IS the sunscreen paradox??? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The sun screen paradox is a phenomenon where a population has high rates of skin cancer despite high awareness. There’s a high incidence of this in Canada. But how does it happen? Sauliha Alli
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