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Today's Titan is former chair of the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, and a key figure in the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine which rolled out during the Covid pandemic. Andrew Pollard tells Chris Smith how vaccines work, how public health bodies decide what to protect us against, and how current technology will shape the future of immunisation... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Previous episodes
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1150 - Titans of Science: Andrew PollardTue, 29 Apr 2025
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1149 - Malaria fight in jeopardy, and bone collecting caterpillarsFri, 25 Apr 2025
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1148 - Titans of Science: Sara RussellTue, 22 Apr 2025
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1147 - Martian carbon cycles, and magnetic flip fried NeanderthalsFri, 18 Apr 2025
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1146 - Titans of Science: Richard ThompsonTue, 15 Apr 2025
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1145 - Womb transplant baby, and ancient seafarersFri, 11 Apr 2025
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1144 - Why are measles cases surging?Tue, 08 Apr 2025
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1143 - Antibiotics affect babies' vaccinations, and space misoFri, 04 Apr 2025
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1142 - How bad is the air we breathe?Tue, 01 Apr 2025
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1141 - Pig liver transplant breakthrough, and weird early galaxiesFri, 28 Mar 2025
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1140 - AMR unleashed: the silent pandemicTue, 25 Mar 2025
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1139 - Stranded astronauts return, and the whale pee funnelFri, 21 Mar 2025
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1138 - The mounting misgivings over microplasticsTue, 18 Mar 2025
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1137 - North Sea ship crash, and super spudsFri, 14 Mar 2025
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1136 - CRISPR, and the ethics of gene editingTue, 11 Mar 2025
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1135 - New part of the immune system, and greedier labradorsFri, 07 Mar 2025
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1134 - Incoming: what happens when the next asteroid hits Earth?Tue, 04 Mar 2025
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1133 - Glucose monitor misinformation, and AI dairy farmsFri, 28 Feb 2025
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1132 - What is mirror life?Tue, 25 Feb 2025
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1131 - Game-changing prostate cancer test, and magnetic turtlesFri, 21 Feb 2025
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1130 - Halting the progress of multiple sclerosisTue, 18 Feb 2025
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1129 - Record-breaking neutrinos, and quantum train travelFri, 14 Feb 2025
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1128 - From Russia with Love: The Science of Hybrid WarfareTue, 11 Feb 2025
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1127 - Mantis shrimp's punch, and low-methane riceFri, 07 Feb 2025
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1126 - Can you grow a building?Tue, 04 Feb 2025
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1125 - Asteroid Bennu's brine, and DeepSeek shocks Silicon ValleyFri, 31 Jan 2025
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1124 - Titans of Science: Charlie SwantonTue, 28 Jan 2025
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1123 - Malaria infection trial, and weeing chimpanzeesFri, 24 Jan 2025
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1122 - Science of Scotch: How whisky is madeTue, 21 Jan 2025
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1121 - 5 years of COVID, and the hunt for Planet XFri, 17 Jan 2025
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1120 - Titans of Science: Antje BoetiusTue, 14 Jan 2025
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1119 - Bird flu threat, and what the Romans really did for usFri, 10 Jan 2025
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1118 - Titans of Science: Trevor RobbinsTue, 07 Jan 2025
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1117 - What science will thrive in 2025?Fri, 03 Jan 2025
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1116 - Titans of Science: Marc AbrahamsTue, 31 Dec 2024
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1115 - The science that defined 2024Fri, 27 Dec 2024
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1114 - The best of 2024!Fri, 20 Dec 2024
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1113 - Titans of Science: David BakerTue, 17 Dec 2024
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1112 - Food science, ancient human genes, and dark cometsFri, 13 Dec 2024
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1111 - Titans of Science: Jocelyn Bell BurnellTue, 10 Dec 2024
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1110 - AI takes weather forecasting by storm, and crabs use aspirinFri, 06 Dec 2024
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1109 - OCD and balance in the brainTue, 03 Dec 2024
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1108 - Jab to alleviate asthma attacks, and amber in AntarcticaFri, 29 Nov 2024
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1107 - Can nuclear innovation help meet our energy needs?Tue, 26 Nov 2024
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1106 - Amazing animals: bats on treadmills, and showering elephantsFri, 22 Nov 2024
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1105 - Are we on track to end new infections of HIV?Tue, 19 Nov 2024
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1104 - The stakes at COP29, and the rogue Skynet satelliteFri, 15 Nov 2024
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1103 - Can weight loss jabs tackle the obesity pandemic?Tue, 12 Nov 2024
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1102 - Pompeii DNA, and a black hole feeding faster than it shouldFri, 08 Nov 2024
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1101 - How do we reduce harms to children from smartphones?Tue, 05 Nov 2024
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