Deep Dive On
by ONLABS
How Global Policies and Free Transit Rewrote City Movement During…
About this podcast
Deep Dive On is a podcast exploring research, science, and health through peer-reviewed academic papers. Each episode breaks down complex studies into engaging discussions, highlighting discoveries that shape science, medicine, and wellbeing. Whether you're a researcher, student, or curious mind, Deep Dive On offers clear insights and thoughtful analysis of the research that impacts our understanding of the world.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 35 episodes
- How Global Policies and Free Transit Rewrote City Movement During the Pandemic · 11 min · Season 3 Episode 17This episode looks at a global analysis of how city mobility shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on Apple’s Mobility Trends Reports from 296 cities, researchers…
- Predicting Neonatal Sepsis · 15 min · Season 3 Episode 16This episode explores a groundbreaking study published inb The Lancet that identified gene expression biomarkers capable of predicting neonatal sepsis before symptoms appear…
- Can Early Geriatric Care Save Lives in C. diff Infections? · 13 min · Season 3 Episode 15In this episode, we explore findings from the CLODIfrail trial, a Danish study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity (2024). The trial tested whether early, comprehensive…
- The Shocking Truth About Helicopter Research and Resource-Limited Institutions · 18 min · Season 3 Episode 14Here we address the issue of “domestic helicopter research,”which occurs when well-resourced institutions conduct studies on marginalised communities or through resource limited…
- Iron-Dependent Telomerase Reactivation Drives Colorectal Cancer · 13 min · Season 3 Episode 13This research article investigates the mechanistic link between high iron levels and the development of colorectal cancers (CRCs), focusing on the reactivation of telomerase, an…
- How Parenting Rewires the Brain for Lifelong Mental Health · 17 min · Season 3 Episode 12This academic paper explores the impact of parenting styles, specifically harsh and warm approaches, on adolescent brain architecture and subsequent mental health outcomes in…
- Epigenetic Clocks Measuring Your Biological Age and Unlocking the Future of Healthspan · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 11This article provides an overview of DNA methylation aging clocks, which are molecular tools used to measure an individual's age based on specific chemical modifications to their…
- Early-life sugar rationing protects against diabetes and hypertension · 19 min · Season 3 Episode 10This research article investigates the long-term effects of early-life sugar intake on the development of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Utilising a natural experiment from…
- Vaccine reactogenicity · 22 min · Season 3 Episode 9This review article thoroughly examines vaccine reactogenicity, which encompasses the common, often mild, inflammatory responses individuals experience post vaccination, such as…
- KIBRA anchors PKMζ for memory persistence · 22 min · Season 3 Episode 8This research article investigates how long-term memories persist despite the turnover of brain molecules. The study reveals that a protein called KIBRA physically interacts with…
- Dietary inflammation and mortality risk in coronary heart disease · 18 min · Season 3 Episode 7This research investigated the connection between the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) and the risk of all-cause mortality in adults with coronary heart disease (CHD) using data…
- SARS-CoV-2 vaccine response · 16 min · Season 3 Episode 6This research investigated the durability of SARS-CoV-2 specific plasma cells generated after mRNA vaccination by examining bone marrow samples. The study found that, unlike…
- Multiplexed SERS detection of cardiac markers via metasurfaces · 22 min · Season 3 Episode 5This research introduces a novel biosensing strategy using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for the multiplexed detection of serum cardiac markers, crucial for…
- Epigenetics in diabetic cardiovascular complications · 28 min · Season 3 Episode 4This scientific review from Molecular Medicine explores the intricate link between diabetes mellitus and its cardiovascular complications, focusing on the emerging role of…
- Infections, brain atrophy, and long-term dementia risk · 13 min · Season 3 Episode 3This study investigated the connection between prior infections and long-term brain health. The study found that a history of infections like influenza and herpes viruses is…
- Boosting aged neural stem cell activation via gene knockout · 19 min · Season 3 Episode 2This research used CRISPR–Cas9 screening in mice to identify genes that regulate the activation of neural stem cells (NSCs) during ageing. They discovered several gene knockouts…
- Human sex ratio evolution · 11 min · Season 3 Episode 1This research paper explores the genetic basis of the human sex ratio at birth, which is the proportion of males to females. It challenges a long-held scientific principle, known…
- Frailty and cardiovascular disease · 9 min · Season 2 Episode 10This study investigates the association between frailty and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in three large, prospective cohorts from China, the UK, and the USA. The researchers…
- Mendelian randomization for cardiovascular diseases · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 9This review from the European Heart Journal focuses on the use of Mendelian randomization (MR) in cardiovascular epidemiology. MR leverages genetic variants to uncover causal…
- Climate change and healthcare · 18 min · Season 2 Episode 8This systematic review examines the ways healthcare systems are contributing to climate change and explores strategies and tactics to reduce their carbon footprint. The authors…







