Microbiome links to Parkinson's, and a massive laser boost

About this episode

This episode discusses the link between the microbiome and Parkinson's Disease, new diagnostic methods, and advancements in laser technology.

This week scientists confirm the link between changes to the microbiome and later development of Parkinson's Disease, a super speedy microfluidic way to diagnose infection and probe antibiotic susceptibility, how many infections does daycare cause in your toddler, and the breakthrough capable of boosting laser power by orders of magnitude... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

People in this episode

Host: The Naked Scientists

Topics covered

• microbiome
• Parkinson's Disease
• diagnosis
• infection
• antibiotic susceptibility
• laser technology

Keywords

• microbiome
• Parkinson's
• diagnosis
• infection
• antibiotic
• laser power

Mentioned in this episode

Products: microfluidic

Places: daycare

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