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Go on an adventure into unexpected corners of the health and science world each week with award-winning host Maiken Scott. The Pulse will take you behind the doors of operating rooms, into the lab with some of the world’s foremost scientists, and back in time to explore life-changing innovations. The Pulse delivers stories in ways that matter to you, and answers questions you never knew you had.
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Hosted by Maiken Scott
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A family in Wilmington, Delaware, faced a looming deadline to get their son a new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
1 week ago
Listen 8:27CHOP’s on-site production could lower high cost of gene therapies
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia now houses a machine that is helping to make CAR T-cell therapy much less expensive.
1 week ago
Listen 9:25Love them or hate them, lima beans could be key to climate resilient crop
A new collaboration of scientists, farmers, and foodies are giving the lima bean a makeover. But will people actually eat them?
2 weeks ago
Listen 9:29How we can best support our loved ones in their final moments?
How a death doula supports the living, and the dying, at the end of life.
1 month ago
Listen 12:53Living in denial: Does not talking about death make it any easier?
After facing several serious illnesses, Bob Slade and partner Michael Klena, figured out their own way to cope.
1 month ago
Listen 17:08Documentary explores the UFO sighting that changed the course of 62 children’s lives
In ‘Ariel Phenomenon,” filmmaker Randall Nickerson explores who and what we believe
1 month ago
Listen 13:10Scientists need good data to study UFOs. But how can they collect it?
Researchers say it's difficult to draw scientific conclusions from UFO sightings because there isn't enough data to study.
1 month ago
Listen 10:28A doctor’s hunt for community-based solutions to childhood obesity
The American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidelines for managing childhood obesity, but the recommendations are a challenge for overwhelmed health systems.
2 months ago
Listen 12:55For the sake of boredom: Finding comfort in doing less
UPenn religious studies professor Justin McDaniel shares his take on boredom and the insights he learned from his time as a monk.
2 months ago
Listen 7:17How writing suicide notes helped save a teen’s life
In his new book, “Dear,” Justin Kemp writes about minority teens facing mental health issues and opens up about his own struggles.
3 months ago
Listen 7:42Keeping it real with kids and their mental health
NAMI presenters visit eighth graders near Baltimore to have an honest conversation about mental health.
3 months ago
Listen 10:16When and why workers are ‘cyberloafing’ on the job
Whether they're working in the office or remotely, many people spend time on their phones or online for non-work activities. But is it necessarily a bad thing?
3 months ago
Listen 6:42Remote workers seek a new work-life balance in Mexico City
Since the start of the pandemic, thousands of residency permits have been issued to Americans who work from Mexico. The city is now a hot spot for expat workers.
3 months ago
Listen 8:38‘Am I gonna become obsolete?’ How older workers are being left behind by A.I.
More than a million U.S. workers over 60 years old lost their jobs during the pandemic. Most furloughed workers went back to work, but older adults are getting left behind.
4 months ago
Listen 6:30Why trade jobs like plumbing are safe from A.I. — for now
At the dawn of what some are calling a fourth industrial revolution powered by artificial intelligence, what are the limitations when it comes to fixing a pipe?
4 months ago
Listen 9:53Partners
