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Advances in CAR-T cancer therapy & carbon materials' hidden defects | The chemical breakdown podcast

This week, we discuss a study showing promise in applying CAR-T immunotherapy in bladder cancer tumours and breakdown how scientists have uncovered spectral signatures previously misassigned in carbon materials – with Frankie Macpherson and Mason Wakley. CAR-T therapy has been a ...  Show more

UK science department abolished & Ireland's crumbling concrete | The chemical breakdown podcast

In this episode, we discuss the changes to science policy made by the new UK prime minister and breakdown the chemistry behind crumbling concrete in Ireland. On July 21, new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham abolished the government's department of science and absorbing its function ...  Show more

Thermo Fisher antibody data manipulation & the shrinking chemical recycling industry | The chemical breakdown podcast

In this episode, we breakdown the controversy behind a collection of altered images in the online catalogue of one of the largest laboratory suppliers, and discuss the complexity behind chemical recycling of plastics with Frankie Macpherson and Phillip Broadwith. Multinational la ...  Show more

50 years after Seveso & changing the way we separate hydrocarbons | The chemical breakdown podcast

In this episode, we reflect on the lessons learned and the impacts of the Seveso chemical disaster of 1976, and discuss the latest membrane materials that could slash the energy required to refine crude oil with Jamie Durrani and Mason Wakley. Fifty years ago, a major accident at ...  Show more

An update on the Strait of Hormuz & potential explosives at an Antarctic base | The chemical breakdown podcast

In this episode, we bring the latest from the recent temporary reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and discuss the presence of potential explosives at the historic Antarctic bases of explorers Ernest Shackleton and Robert Scott with Phillip Broadwith and Frances Briggs. The US and ...  Show more