Fighting cancer with CRISPR, and dating ancient rock art with wasp nests
On this week ’s show, Staff Writer Jennifer Couzin-Frankel joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about a Science paper that combines two hot areas of research—CRISPR gene editing and immunotherapy for cancer—and tests it in patients.
Sarah also talks with Damien Finch, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Earth S ciences at the University of Melbourne, about the Kimberly region of Australia and dating its ice age cave paintings using charcoal from nearby wasp nests.
This week’s episode was edited by Podigy.
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Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 5, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
30 January 2020: Linking Australian bushfires to climate change, and Asimov's robot ethics
This week, establishing the role of climate change in Australian bushfires, and revisiting Isaac Asimov’s ethical rules for robots.In this episode:00:46 Behind the bushfiresResearchers are working to establish the role that climate change is playing in the bushfires that are raging across Australia. News Feature: The race to decipher how climate change influenced Australia’s record fires; Editorial: Australia: show the world what climate action looks like10:02 Research HighlightsThe debate around how Vesuvius claimed its victims, and an ancient mummy speaks. Research Highlight: Vitrified b...
Source: Nature Podcast - January 29, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
30 January 2020: Linking Australian bushfires to climate change, and Asimov's robot ethics
This week, establishing the role of climate change in Australian bushfires, and revisiting Isaac Asimov’s ethical rules for robots.In this episode:00:46 Behind the bushfiresResearchers are working to establish the role that climate change is playing in the bushfires that are raging across Australia. News Feature: The race to decipher how climate change influenced Australia’s record fires; Editorial: Australia: show the world what climate action looks like10:02 Research HighlightsThe debate around how Vesuvius claimed its victims, and an ancient mummy speaks. Research Highlight: Vitrified b...
Source: Nature Podcast - January 29, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 582: This little virus went to market
TWiV provides updates on the new coronavirus causing respiratory disease in China, the current influenza season, and the epidemic of African swine fever, including determination of the three-dimensional structure of the virus particle. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Download TWiV 582 (71 MB .mp3, 118 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASV 2020 NJ ready to remove religious vaccine exemptions (Patch) New virus causing pneumonia in China (NY Times) New China virus is coronavirus (NY ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 12, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
17 Liam Mannix
Our latest series kicks off with Australia ’s multi-award-winning health and science reporter, Liam Mannix. He joins Ray to share his insights into the role and impact of evidence, advocacy and investigative reporting in today’s ever-changing media landscape. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Recommended Dose with Ray Moynihan Source Type: podcasts
Support during pregnancy for women at increased risk of low birthweight babies
The Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group has produced more than 600 reviews and one of its first from 1995 looked at the effects of providing support during pregnancy for women at increased risk of having a low birthweight baby. The review underwent another update in April 2019 and we asked a new member of the research team, Christine East from Monash University and La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia to tell us about the importance of the review and its latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - July 31, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Constraint-induced movement therapy in the treatment of the upper limb in children with unilateral cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is the most common form of childhood disability, and there are several Cochrane Reviews of therapies that might help the children and their families. These include a review on constraint-induced movement therapy, which was updated in April 2019. We asked lead author Brian Hoare from Monash Children ’s Hospital in Australia to tell us about this treatment, and the evidence on its effects. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - July 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Lithium for bipolar disorder: the John Cade story
Prior to the Second World War mental illness was largely untreatable, but all that changed when an Australian doctor and recently returned prisoner of war, John Cade, made the monumental discovery that lithium could serve as an effective treatment for manic depression, now bipolar disorder. In this podcast, Dr Raj Persaud interviews Professor Greg de Moore about the life and work of John Cade, discussing his remarkable – but often overlooked – contribution to the history of mental health treatment. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - July 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 554: Full fathom five thy viromes lie
A trio TWiVers reports on influenza in Australia, how a host protein impacts bird to human movement of influenza virus, and marine DNA viral diversity in the oceans from pole to pole. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Alan Dove Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Australian Influenza Surveillance Real-time tracking of influenza H3N2 ANP32B, or not to be (eLife) ANP32B on TWiV 377 Species specific differences in ANP32B for influenza virus replication (eLife) Marine viral DNA diversity pole to pole (Cell) Letters read on TWiV 554 Timestamp...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - June 30, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Improving the implementation of school-based policies and practices to improve student health
Alongside learning about mathematics, history, languages and many other things, schools are a recommended setting for interventions to improve health. However, it can be difficult to implement these interventions and, in November 2017, Luke Wolfenden of the University of Newcastle in Callaghan, Australia and colleagues published their new Cochrane Review looking into how this might be done. Luke tells us what they found in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - June 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Immunosuppressive treatment for people with proliferative lupus nephritis
Systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, is an autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body. About half the people with it develop lupus nephritis. In the June 2018 update of their Cochrane Review, David Tunnicliffe from the Centre for Kidney Research in the Children ’s Hospital at Westmead and the University of Sydney’s School of Public Health in Australia and colleagues brought together the studies that have tested a range of treatments. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 28, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
