326: Journal Club-Hollywood Medicine

In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and Praz once again round up the latest in medical news and breakthroughs in a journal club based on Hollywood Medicine. Along the way, they cover star trek, the creation of tricorders, cell phones, roll up windows, CSI:TravelMed, Detective Cinnamon, Living Sensor gloves, space booping, cyborgans, stem cell classification, nonsexual robot vaginas, sonic screwdrivers, treating ptsd with antibiotics, creating fear responses, and a just the tip from Singapore. So sit back, relax, and preapre to roll film as we learn what movie magic has become medical reality!

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Sources
 

1) Tricorder is real
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/star-treks-tricorder-now-officially-exists-thanks-to-a-global-competition/
2. CSI Gloves light up when touching toxins or disease
https://gizmodo.com/these-crazy-living-gloves-glow-when-you-touch-certain-c-1792435739
3. Newest artificial organ is thymus
https://futurism.com/researchers-find-a-way-to-create-cancer-fighting-cells/
4) antibiotics to treat depression- happy pills
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/how-we-discovered-that-a-common-antibiotic-may-be-able-to-treat-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/
5) Robotic vagina
https://nypost.com/2017/03/29/scientists-built-a-female-menstrual-cycle-in-a-box/