Ep. 454. The Sunday 7 - The secrets of Barnacle Blood, Llamas vs Covid, Monoclonal antibodies in Contraception and could Tik Tok cause tics?

Today's podcast includes references to the following guests:


  • Reggie Hilaire, former NYPD officer
  • Dr Michael Crane, Medical Director for the World Trade Centre Clinical programme, Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Hyunwoo Yuk, Ph.D. in Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT
  • Alex Turnquist, PhD molecular immunology and cancer biology at Dartmouth
  • Tamara Pringsheim, Associate Professor in Neurology at the University of Calgary
  • Bhawana Shrestha, Ph.D, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Dr Nighat Arif, Family GP, specialising in women’s health and family planning
  • Tom Delahoyde, MD of Chiesi UK
  • Professor Nico Callewaert, Ghent University


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