Human Genome Project - Nature ’s editor-in-chief reflects 20 years on
Looking back at the publication of the human genome, and how macrophages mend muscle.In this episode:00:45 The human genome sequence, 20 years onThis week marks the 20th anniversary of a scientific milestone – the publication of the first draft of the human genome. Magdalena Skipper, Nature’s Editor-in-Chief gives us her recollections of genomics at the turn of the millennium, and the legacy of the achievement.Editorial: The next 20 years of human genomics must be more equitable and more openComment: A wealth of discovery built on the Human Genome Project — by the numbersComment: Sequence three million genomes across...
Source: Nature Podcast - February 10, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Building Africa ’s Great Green Wall, and using whale songs as seismic probes
Science journalist Rachel Cernansky joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about progress on Africa ’s Great Green Wall project and the important difference between planting and growing a tree.
Sarah also talks with Václav Kuna, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, about using loud and long songs from fin whales to image structures under th e ocean floor.
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Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 8, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Looking back at 20 years of human genome sequencing
This week we’re dedicating the whole show to the 20th anniversary of the publication of the human genome. Today, about 30 million people have had their genomes sequenced. This remarkable progress has brought with it issues of data sharing, privacy, and inequality.
Host Sarah Crespi spoke with a number of researchers about the state of genome science, starting with Yaniv Erlich, from the Efi Arazi School of Computer Science and CEO of Eleven Biotherapeutics, who talks about privacy in the age of easily obtainable genomes.
Next up Charles Rotimi, director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health at th...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 4, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Looking back at 20 years of human genome sequencing
This week we’re dedicating the whole show to the 20th anniversary of the publication of the human genome. Today, about 30 million people have had their genomes sequenced. This remarkable progress has brought with it issues of data sharing, privacy, and inequality.
Host Sarah Crespi spoke with a number of researchers about the state of genome science, starting with Yaniv Erlich, from the Efi Arazi School of Computer Science and CEO of Eleven Biotherapeutics, who talks about privacy in the age of easily obtainable genomes.
Next up Charles Rotimi, director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health at the Na...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 4, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Looking back at 20 years of human genome sequencing
This week we ’re dedicating the whole show to the 20th anniversary of the publication of the human genome. Today, about 30 million people have had their genomes sequenced. This remarkable progress has brought with it issues of data sharing, privacy, and inequality. Host Sarah Crespi spoke with a number of rese archers about the state of genome science, starting with Yaniv Erlich, from the Efi Arazi School of Computer Science and CEO of Eleven Biotherapeutics, who talks about privacy in the age of easily obtainable genomes. Next up Charles Rotimi, director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health at the N...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 4, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Coronavirus second wave - The NHS one year on
The "public health emergency of international concern" was issued by the WHO a year and a lifetime ago. As the UK ramps up testing for the South African virus variant, and is full steam ahead on vaccination, we look back at what we've learned in that time.
In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ, talks to; Partha Kar, consultant in diabetes and endocrinology in Portsmouth, Matt Morgan, a consultant in a intensive care medicine in Cardiff, and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire.
They talk about working in the NHS at the moment, the utility of international comparisons, and their remaining questions abou...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 4, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Coronavirus second wave - The NHS one year on
The "public health emergency of international concern" was issued by the WHO a year and a lifetime ago. As the UK ramps up testing for the South African virus variant, and is full steam ahead on vaccination, we look back at what we've learned in that time.
In this podcast, Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ, talks to; Partha Kar, consultant in diabetes and endocrinology in Portsmouth, Matt Morgan, a consultant in a intensive care medicine in Cardiff, and Helen Salisbury, GP in Oxfordshire.
They talk about working in the NHS at the moment, the utility of international comparisons, and their remaining questions about...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 4, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Looking back at 20 years of human genome sequencing
This week we ’re dedicating the whole show to the 20th anniversary of the publication of the human genome. Today, about 30 million people have had their genomes sequenced. This remarkable progress has brought with it issues of data sharing, privacy, and inequality.
Host Sarah Crespi spoke with a number of res earchers about the state of genome science, starting with Yaniv Erlich, from the Efi Arazi School of Computer Science and CEO of Eleven Biotherapeutics, who talks about privacy in the age of easily obtainable genomes.
Next up Charles Rotimi, director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Glob al Health at th...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 1, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Coronavirus Update With Peter Piot, MD, PhD
Peter Piot, MD, PhD, director of The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is a legend in global health, having been involved in identification of HIV and Ebola virus in Africa. He was founding executive director of UNAIDS and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1995 to 2008. He joins JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the global public health response to COVID-19 past, present, and future. Recorded January 28, 2021. Related Article(s): The Challenges Ahead With Monoclonal Antibodies (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 1, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Using pine bark supplements to help treat a variety of chronic diseases
Pine bark extract supplements are marketed to prevent or treat a wide range of chronic diseases and a Cochrane Review from September 2020 assesses the evidence on their efficacy and safety. Monika Evans spoke with lead author, Nina Robertson from Stellenbosch University in South Africa about the findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - January 21, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
The BMJ interview: Fixing America’s covid response in the Biden era
US president elect Joe Biden wasted no time in appointing a special advisory board of experts to guide America out of its coronavirus crisis.
One of those experts is Celine Gounder, an infectious diseases epidemiologist who has worked on Ebola, tuberculosis, and HIV in Africa and South America. She’s a clinical assistant professor of medicine and infectious diseases at New York University’s School of Medicine, as well as an active w riter and podcast host, including of Epidemic
In this podcast she talks to Joanne Silberner about the ways in which the taskforce is helping prepare for action immediately after the inau...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 19, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
The BMJ interview: Fixing America ’s covid response in the Biden era
US president elect Joe Biden wasted no time in appointing a special advisory board of experts to guide America out of its coronavirus crisis.
One of those experts is Celine Gounder, an infectious diseases epidemiologist who has worked on Ebola, tuberculosis, and HIV in Africa and South America. She’s a clinical assistant professor of medicine and infectious diseases at New York University’s School of Medicine, as well as an active writer and podcast host, including of Epidemic
In this podcast she talks to Joanne Silberner about the ways in which the taskforce is helping prepare for action immediately after the inaug...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 19, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
