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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 17h

On our latest episode, 'Ammonia Rising', @tonybreu.bsky.social asks a question straight from the hospital wards: Why does valproic acid cause elevated ammonia?

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 13d

'The Art of the Question' with @etsshow.bsky.social!

Dr. Shapiro joined for a conversation on interviewing, how to connect with others, cutting tension, and translating curiosity in the clinic and beyond. This is a must listen!

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 27d

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114 - The Mold that Eats Radiation for Breakfast

Podcast Episode · The Curious Clinicians · 09/10/2025 · 24m

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 27d

On our latest episode,
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
follows up Episode 112 with the question: Why is black mold growing inside Chernobyl?

This story took us from the radioactive Red Forest to the mushroom food supply to extremophile bacteria to future missions to Mars, and back again.

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Aug 7

In "From Vessel to Bone", @tonybreu.bsky.social poses a hard question: Why does calcium deposit in blood vessels, and even turn to bone?

Listen to learn why vascular smooth muscle cells can cosplay as osteoblasts...

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Jul 24

On our latest episode, Wherefore Iodine?,
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social asks: Why was iodine given prophylactically after Chernobyl? We cover Soviet-era geopolitics, nuclear physics, public health, thyroid physiology, and more!

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Jul 4

On our latest episode "Null Neutrophils," @tonybreu.bsky.social asks a fascinating physiologic question:

Why is Duffy Null status associated with lower neutrophil counts?

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Jun 18

This was such a fun episode!

The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Jun 18

On this week's episode, 'Salt in the Wound,'
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
asked: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much?

Listen to learn about ancient Greek history, spicy chili peppers, and poisonous tarantulas...

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Jun 18

On this week's episode, 'Salt in the Wound,'
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
asked: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much?

Listen to learn about ancient Greek history, spicy chili peppers, and poisonous tarantulas...

open.spotify.com/episode/1u8S...

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Jun 18

On this week's episode, 'Salt in the Wound,'
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
asked: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much?

Listen to learn about ancient Greek history, spicy chili peppers, and poisonous tarantulas...

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Jun 12

On this week's episode, 'Salt in the Wound,'
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
shares a saline-ent question: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much?

We touch on ancient Greek history, spicy chili peppers, and poisonous tarantulas...

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Jun 1

This week, @tony_breu shares another "fresh case" physiology question: Why don't we all get spontaneous HIT?

Listen to ‘The HITs Keep Coming’ at the links below!

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · May 2

Each episode, producer @gbuonomomed puts together a paired show notes blog post. For our latest episode, 'Alpha-gal again', we tackle the question: how could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · May 1

On our latest episode, Alpha-gal Again, we
share new insights on how alpha-gal could potentially be used to treat cancer!

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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · Apr 27

Not alpha-gal syndrome related, but another interesting dimension of the alpha-gal immune response that might interest some of you.

The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Apr 27

This week, @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social shares new insights on the topic of a previous episode: alpha-gal!

We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Apr 27

This week, @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social shares new insights on the topic of a previous episode: alpha-gal!

We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Apr 8

Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of rain aka petrichor?

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Apr 1

This week, we dive into a question inspired by nature: Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of the rain? And why does fresh rain smell so good?

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107 - The Smell of the Rain

Podcast Episode · The Curious Clinicians · 03/27/2025 · 34m

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Feb 24

We're on a gram negative run! Join the Curious Clinicians as we learn: Why does Pseudomonas smell like grapes?

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Feb 1

Our latest episode 'A Pseudo-truth?' is live!

Producer Giancarlo Buonomo is back to explore whether diabetic foot infections truly are at higher risk for having pseudomonas.

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Jan 22

Why don't we (yet) have oral insulin? In our latest show notes blog post, 'Oral Argument', we discuss how researchers hope to create an oral insulin option (including a strategy inspired by cephalopods)!

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Jan 11

Why don't we (yet) have oral insulin?

In our latest episode, 'Oral Argument', we discuss how researchers are working to make an oral insulin option possible (including a strategy inspired by cephalopods)!

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Jan 7

Why do lobsters not age like humans do?

What marine species can live >10,000 years?

Which two invertebrate species are potentially biologically immortal?

We answer these questions and more in our latest show notes blog post, titled 'Long Lives the Lobster'

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Long Lives the Lobster

Why do lobsters age more slowly than humans do?

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · Jan 1

Bring in the new year with our latest episode, 'Long Lives the Lobster'!

We think you'll have swimming time listening to it...

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Patrick McArthur @patrick-mcarthur.bsky.social · Dec 28

Fun fact: With L-dopa alone, patients would have nausea and vomiting. The drug Sinemet (sin:without emesis:vomiting) was named for solving this problem!

Adding Carbidopa (an inhibitor of the enzyme that activates L-dopa) only blocks its action before the BBB!

Thanks, @curiousclinpod.bsky.social!

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