Menopause and women ’s health: why science needs to catch up
In this episode:00:47 A focus on women’s healthNature’s Kerri Smith and Heidi Ledford join us to discuss two Features published in Nature looking at topics surrounding women’s health. The first looks at efforts to understand how menopause affects brain health, while the second takes a deep-dive into research funding and shows how conditions affecting women more than men receive less money.Feature: How menopause reshapes the brainFeature: Women’s health research lacks funding – these charts show how18:15 Research HighlightsThe herb that could be a new source of cannabinoid compounds, and the vibrating crystal that...
Source: Nature Podcast - May 3, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 995: Viral origin stories
TWiV discusses genetic evidence of susceptible wildlife in SARS-CoV-2 positive samples at the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, polio cases in African linked to a new polio vaccine that was designed to not cause the disease, and structural conservation of hepatitis B virus capsid proteins over millions of years despite a shift from a naked to an enveloped capsid. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 995 (74 MB .mp3, 123 min) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode •Register for ASV 2023 •MicrobeTV Discord Server • More evidence for SARS-CoV-2 s...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 26, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Shrinking MRI machines, and the smell of tsetse fly love
On this week’s show: Portable MRI scanners could revolutionize medical imaging, and pheromones offer a way to control flies that spread disease
First up this week: shrinking MRI machines. Staff Writer Adrian Cho talks with host Sarah Crespi about how engineers and physicists are teaming up to make MRI machines smaller and cheaper.
Next up on the show, the smell of tsetse fly love. Producer Kevin McLean talks with Shimaa Ebrahim, a postdoctoral researcher in the department of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at Yale University, about understanding how tsetse flies use odors to attract one another and how t...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 23, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Shrinking MRI machines, and the smell of tsetse fly love
On this week’s show: Portable MRI scanners could revolutionize medical imaging, and pheromones offer a way to control flies that spread disease
First up this week: shrinking MRI machines. Staff Writer Adrian Cho talks with host Sarah Crespi about how engineers and physicists are teaming up to make MRI machines smaller and cheaper.
Next up on the show, the smell of tsetse fly love. Producer Kevin McLean talks with Shimaa Ebrahim, a postdoctoral researcher in the department of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at Yale University, about understanding how tsetse flies use odors to attract one another and how t...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 23, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Aspirin Discontinuation at 24 to 28 Weeks ’ Gestation in Pregnancies at High Risk of Preterm Preeclampsia, African Ancestry–Specific APOE Variants and Risk of Alzheimer Disease, Review of Primary Brain Malignancies, and more
Editor’s Summary by Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the February 21, 2023, issue. Related Content: Audio Highlights (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - February 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 959: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses effectiveness of influenza vaccination of pregnant women for prevention of maternal and early infant Influenza-associated hospitalizations in South Africa, a multivalent nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccine against all known influenza virus subtypes, single and 2-dose vaccinations with modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic induce durable B cell memory responses comparable to replicating smallpox vaccines, whether the risk of still and preterm birth is affected by the timing of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy, medical masks versus N95 respirators for...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 3, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
COP27 Climate Change Conference —Urgent Action Needed for Africa and the World
Interview with Chris Zielinski, Visiting Research Fellow and Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Winchester, UK, James Kigera, Editor-in-Chief, Annals of African Surgery, and James Tumwine, Editor-in-Chief, African Health Sciences, authors of COP27 Climate Change Conference—Urgent Action Needed for Africa and the World. Hosted by JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD. Related Content: COP27 Climate Change Conference—Urgent Action Needed for Africa and the World Conflict and Climate Collide to Create an Acute Hunger Crisis for an Unprecedented 345 Million People Climate Justice and Healt...
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - November 16, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 949: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses progress toward poliomyelitis eradication in Pakistan, polio by the numbers , influenza and COVID-19 vaccination coverage among health care personnel, phase 1/2a safety and immunogenicity of an adenovirus 26 vector RSV vaccine encoding prefusion F in adults 18–50 years and RSV seropositive children 12–24 months, receipt of first and second doses of JYNNEOS vaccine for prevention of Monkeypox, distinguishing SARS-CoV-2 persistence and reinfection, Novavax NVX-COV2373 triggers potent neutralization of Omicron sub-lineages, association between regular physical activity a...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 29, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Giving a lagoon personhood, measuring methane flaring, and a book about eating high on the hog
On this week’s show: Protecting a body of water by giving it a legal identity, intentional destruction of methane by the oil and gas industry is less efficient than predicted, and the latest book in our series on science and food
First up on the podcast this week, Staff Writer Erik Stokstad talks with host Sarah Crespi about why Spain has given personhood status to a polluted lagoon.
Also on the show this week is Genevieve Plant, an assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering. Genny and Sarah talk about methane flaring—a practi...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 29, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Giving a lagoon personhood, measuring methane flaring, and a book about eating high on the hog
On this week’s show: Protecting a body of water by giving it a legal identity, intentional destruction of methane by the oil and gas industry is less efficient than predicted, and the latest book in our series on science and food
First up on the podcast this week, Staff Writer Erik Stokstad talks with host Sarah Crespi about why Spain has given personhood status to a polluted lagoon.
Also on the show this week is Genevieve Plant, an assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering. Genny and Sarah talk about methane flaring—a practi...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 29, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Why the fight against malaria has stalled in southern Africa, and how to look for signs of life on Mars
On this week’s show: After years of steep declines, researchers are investigating why malaria deaths have plateaued, and testing the stability of biosignatures in space
First up on the podcast this week, freelance science journalist Leslie Roberts joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss why malaria deaths have plateaued in southern Africa, despite years of declines in deaths and billions of dollars spent. Leslie visited Mozambique on a global reporting grant from the Pulitzer Center where researchers are investigating the cause of the pause.
Also this week, producer Kevin McLean talks with astrobiologists Mickael Baqué and...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 8, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Why the fight against malaria has stalled in southern Africa, and how to look for signs of life on Mars
On this week’s show: After years of steep declines, researchers are investigating why malaria deaths have plateaued, and testing the stability of biosignatures in space
First up on the podcast this week, freelance science journalist Leslie Roberts joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss why malaria deaths have plateaued in southern Africa, despite years of declines in deaths and billions of dollars spent. Leslie visited Mozambique on a global reporting grant from the Pulitzer Center where researchers are investigating the cause of the pause.
Also this week, producer Kevin McLean talks with astrobiologists Mickael Baqué and...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 8, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
How the Black Death got its start
00:46 Uncovering the origins of the Black DeathThe Black Death is estimated to have caused the deaths of up to 60% of the population of Europe. However, despite extensive research, the origin of this wave of disease has remained unclear. Now, by using a combination of techniques, a team have identified a potential starting point in modern day Kyrgyzstan.Research article: Spyrou et al.06:57 Research HighlightsThe cocktails of toxins produced by wriggling ribbon worms, and a tiny thermometer the size of a grain of sand.Research Highlight: A poisonous shield, a potent venom: these worms mean businessResearch Highlight: Mighty...
Source: Nature Podcast - June 15, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Saying farewell to Insight, connecting the microbiome and the brain, and a book on agriculture in Africa
What we learned from a seismometer on Mars, why it’s so difficult to understand the relationship between our microbes and our brains, and the first in our series of books on the science of food and agriculture
First up this week, freelance space journalist Jonathan O’Callaghan joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the retirement of NASA’s Mars InSight lander. After almost 4 years of measuring quakes on the surface of the Red Planet, the lander’s solar panels are getting too dusty to continue providing power. O'Callaghan and Crespi look back at the insights that InSight has given us about Mars’s interior, an...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 26, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Saying farewell to Insight, connecting the microbiome and the brain, and a book on agriculture in Africa
What we learned from a seismometer on Mars, why it’s so difficult to understand the relationship between our microbes and our brains, and the first in our series of books on the science of food and agriculture
First up this week, freelance space journalist Jonathan O’Callaghan joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the retirement of NASA’s Mars InSight lander. After almost 4 years of measuring quakes on the surface of the Red Planet, the lander’s solar panels are getting too dusty to continue providing power. O'Callaghan and Crespi look back at the insights that InSight has give...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 26, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
