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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Nano Cancer Fight, Memory Structure, Coffee Buzz Days
You’re going to learn about how our body’s pH is helping us fight cancer, how memories aren’t stored where we thought they were, and how drinking coffee could have you spending a lot more at the store.
August 24, 2022
Episode show notes:
Ph power.
- “pH-Responsive Nanoparticles for Cancer Immunotherapy: A Brief Review” by Yunfeng Yan and Hangwei Ding
- Polycarbonate-based ultra-pH sensitive nanoparticles improve therapeutic window by Xu Wang, et al.
- Lighting up cancer cells with pH-activated nanoparticles by Angus Chen
- Cancer Statistics by National Cancer Institute
Memory box.
- “A Single Memory is Stored Across Many Connected Brain Regions” by The Picower Institute
- “Innovations and Inventions: SHIELD” by The Picower Institute
- “Protection Of Tissue Physicochemical Properties Using Polyfunctional Crosslinkers” by Young-Gyun Park, et al.
- “Memory” by Queensland Brain Institute
Don’t drink before you shop.
- “Caffeine Consumption Leads to Impulsivity during Shopping, New Study Shows” by Natali Anderson
- “EXPRESS: Caffeine's Effects on Consumer Spending” by Dipayan Biswas, Patrick Hartmann, Martin Eisend, Courtney Szocs, Bruna Jochims, Vanessa Apaolaza, Erik Hermann, Cristina M. López, and Adilson Borges.
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