Dr Claudio Capelli on BBC Radio 'The Forum'
30 August 2016
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Dr Claudio Capelli recently participated in an episode of the BBC World Service Radio show The Forum, entitled 'Balloons and how they changed the world'. The episode focused on the role played by balloon technology in global scientific advances. Claudio discussed the medical use of balloons in treating patients with congenital heart disease, which bio-engineers inflate inside your body to help blood surge through your veins.
Other guests were Debbie Fairbrother, Chief of NASA’s Balloon Programme Office and Fiona Stafford, Professor of Literature from Somerville College, University of Oxford.