In this episode, we have insights on the mechanism by which the Delta variant is causing a more severe 2nd COVID wave than the 1st, why COVID is severe in some people and not so in others and how this pandemic is effecting our sleep and the environment. Also covered is how scientists are trying to reverse age-related memory loss, a potential treatment against multiple cancers and a deep-dive into the mechanism by which the world’s most beloved narcotic, coffee, works.

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Music: The Get Away by Mr Smith. Accessed from Free Music Archive

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References:

Mechanism of Delta variant: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.07.21260122v2;

Why COVID is severe in some people: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.07.023;

COVID and sleep: https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13429;

COVID and environment: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/7/e048687;

Correcting age-related memory loss: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01208-9;

MS 21: https://cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2021/07/20/2159-8290.CD-20-0815;

Coffee and brain volume: https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.019067;

Coffee and taste: https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-3841.13836;