Laboraverum

About Laboraverum

Yes, these are popular science stories from the history of medicine. And no, this is not another retelling of biographies or 10,000ft. thematic reviews. Here we discuss specific events and talk about the unusual, intriguing, and often unbelievable life circumstances that accompanied this or that medical achievement. Craving more? Go to our Facebook page to view literary sources and texts. Laboraverum is brought to you by Meteor Production and narrated by its author Ed Kanalosh, MD, Ph.D., an expert in the history of medicine. Our new episodes are released every Wednesday, so be sure to check them out!

Publisher

Eduard Kanalosh

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Jan 2024

Latest episode

25 Sept 2024

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Sept 2024

   Laboraverum News, 2024-09-25: drugs and placebos might have a common mechanism of action

   Researchers modelled chronic neuropathic pain in mice. The mice were injected anaesthetic drugs every time they entered a box with a peculiar colour scheme. When the injections of the drug stopped, the mice continued to experience pain relief when they were in the box. The effect persisted. However, the key cluster of neurons in the central amygdala that “turn off” pain when activated by anesthesia, did not activate in this case, so, it was a true placebo effect.

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   18 Sept 2024

   Laboraverum News, 2024-09-18: How did an ancient photosynthesis molecule get from cyanobacteria to our eyes?

   We are talking about the protein that is responsible for our vision, the protein that captures photons in the retina of our eye and triggers sending a signal to our brain to create a visual image there. The molecule is called Retinal. When bound to supporting proteins it is called Opsin or Rhodopsin depending on where it is located. And it is vision. Literally! This molecule arose in ancient cyanobacteria at the dawn of evolution and was responsible for photosynthesis in most living orga...

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   11 Sept 2024

   Laboraverum News, 2024-09-11: during our lives we go through 3 waves of rapid aging

   We all know that we age a little bit with every second of our lives. Tiny changes add up and eventually we become old. In two studies that tracked a total of 135,000 different molecules and microbes in a total of 4,371 adults aged 18 to 95, scientists showed that we also go through three dramatic waves of aging—at 44, 60, and 78 years old.

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