Cancer Breakthrough, Beach Bacteria, Mass General, Twisters.

Sunny Mornings Boston

July 22, 2024

SE02:EP135

In today's episode, we remember Wiley Post, an American aviator, who completed the first solo flight around the world 91 years ago today, in 1933. Next, we check the weather in Boston, expecting a partly sunny day with a high near 83 degrees. Local news focuses on more than forty Massachusetts beaches being closed for swimming this weekend due to dangerously high bacteria levels, or cyanobacteria blooms. Sports highlights the Los Angeles Dodgers gearing up for a significant boost in their pitching lineup. Top News dives into immunotherapy revolutionizing cancer treatment, with a breakthrough in April 2023 when researchers at Mass General in Boston treated a patient with glioblastoma using genetically modified white blood cells. Business news covers Wall Street eyeing America's booming battery storage sector. Science discusses a new genetic test inspired by a mountain rescue dog named "Shola" that aims to eradicate progressive retinal atrophy, or "PRA", in English shepherds. Finally, in Entertainment, we learn about "Twisters" making waves at the box office, with a global gross of one hundred and twenty-three million dollars. We conclude the episode with a quote from Leonardo da Vinci, reflecting on the allure of flight.

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