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How hippos help and a news roundup (14 November 2014)
David Grimm and Meghna Sachdev discuss robots that can induce ghostly feelings, the domestication of cats, and training humans to echolocate. Elizabeth Pennisi discusses overcoming hippos' dangerous reputation and oddly shaped bodies to study their important role in African ecosystems. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: Kabacchi/Wikipedia] (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 14, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Science Source Type: podcasts

" Cornge " -- The Discovery Files
Purdue researchers have identified a set of genes that can be used to naturally boost the provitamin A content of corn kernels, a finding that could help combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries and macular degeneration in the elderly. Vitamin A deficiency causes blindness in 250,000 to 500,000 children every year, half of whom die within a year of losing their eyesight, according to the World Health Organization. The problem most severely affects children in Sub-Saharan Africa, an area in which white corn, which has minimal amounts of provitamin A carotenoids, is a dietary mainstay. Insufficient carotenoids may...
Source: The Discovery Files - November 14, 2014 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts

How hippos help and a news roundup (14 November 2014)
David Grimm and Meghna Sachdev discuss robots that can induce ghostly feelings, the domestication of cats, and training humans to echolocate. Elizabeth Pennisi discusses overcoming hippos' dangerous reputation and oddly shaped bodies to study their important role in African ecosystems. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: Kabacchi/Wikipedia] (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 13, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Science Source Type: podcasts

Fighting on many fronts - how tackling ebola is effecting other diseases
Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré is the executive director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, and has just returned from Sierra Leone and Guinea. In this podcast, she describes the effect of the west African ebola outbreak on the prevention and treatment of malaria, and other diseases, in affected regions. In an earlier podcast, Dr Nafo examined recent... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 24, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Fighting on many fronts - how tackling ebola is effecting other diseases
Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré is the executive director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, and has just returned from Sierra Leone and Guinea. In this podcast, she describes the effect of the west African ebola outbreak on the prevention and treatment of malaria, and other diseases, in affected regions. In an earlier podcast, Dr Nafo examined recent successes in the global effort to control malaria. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 24, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 307: Ebola aetiology
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Tara C. Smith Tara Smith joins the TWiEBOVsters to discuss the Ebola virus outbreak in west Africa, spread of the disease to and within the US, transmission of the virus, and much more. This episode of TWiV is brought to you by the Department of Microbiology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Composed of over 20 virology labs, all centralized in one building in the heart of New York City, this department is a perfect fit for anyone with an interest in pursuing virus research. The Department is presently looking to ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 19, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Plants and predators and a daily news roundup (17 October 2014)
Adam Ford discusses linking plants, their herbivores, and their predators on the East African savannah. Science daily news editor David Grimm brings stories on storing CO2 underground for millions of years, why fruit flies like yeast and vice versa, and volcanoes on the moon. [Img: Filip Lachowski] (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - October 17, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Science Source Type: podcasts

New Drug Improves Treatment for Nausea and Vomiting During Chemotherapy
Dr. Bernardo Rapoport, Medical Oncologist from The Medical Oncology Centre of South Africa, speaks of a new drug that improves treatment for nausea and vomiting during Chemotherapy. Get email alert... Author: patientpower Added: 10/13/2014 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - October 14, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 306: This Week in Ebolavirus
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler The Grand Masters of the TWiV discuss Ebola virus transmission, air travel from West Africa, Ebola virus infectivity on surfaces, the Dallas Ebola virus patient, and Ebola virus in dogs. This episode of TWiV is brought to you by the Department of Microbiology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Composed of over 20 virology labs, all centralized in one building in the heart of New York City, this department is a perfect fit for anyone with an interest in pursuing virus research. The Department is presently looking to recruit any prospe...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 12, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 305: Rhymes with shinola
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Alan, and Kathy continue their coverage of the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, with a discussion of case fatality ratio, reproductive index, a conspiracy theory, and spread of the virus to the United States. This episode of TWiV is brought to you by the Department of Microbiology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Composed of over 20 virology labs, all centralized in one building in the heart of New York City, this department is a perfect fit for anyone with an interest in pursuing virus research. The Department is...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 5, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

The Lancet: October 03, 2014
Discussion of a Series on fertility preservation, and an interview with Glenda Gray, new President of South Africa's Medical Research Council. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - October 3, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts

Listen to The Lancet: 03 October
Discussion of a Series on fertility preservation, and an interview with Glenda Gray, new President of South Africa’s Medical Research Council. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - October 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts