This week, Carmel Kilkenny and Terry Haig sit-in for the rest of the team, who are all off enjoying the summer.
ListenTerry Haig spoke with Dr. Robert Koenekoop, the man at the helm of a major breakthrough in the treatment of blindness. His team’s work has proved remarkably successful in treating people with a specific type of gene mutation,
Against all previous conventional wisdom–Dr. Koenekoop and his researchers tested an oral liquid drug for childhood blindness.
Ten of the 14 patients in the study showed significant improvement.
Last weekend, the team’s work was recognized and published in The Lancet, one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world.
Carmel Kilkenny spoke with David Kendall, co-director of the Space Studies Program 2014, currently underway in Montreal. On this 45th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s step onto the moon, Carmel heard how the new reality of space is being studied and organized from many perspectives.
It all began in 1987. Two Americans, Peter Diamnadis and Todd B. Hawley, and Canadian, Bob Richards, were concerned that space-exploration was becoming increasingly polarized, particularly between the US and the USSR.
A summer program was initiated in 1988 at MIT. In the mid-90’s the university was established in Strasbourg, France where they have been offering a one-year graduate progam.
Now, this year in Montreal, the 27th edition of that original summer program is taking place. 122 students from 32 countries are taking part, and by mid-August, they’ll join the 3,700 alumni worldwide who have a greatly expanded awareness of the challenges and opportunities of space.
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