Creating chimeras for organ transplants and how bats switch between their eyes and ears on the wing
Researchers have been making animal embryos from two different species, so-called “chimeras,” for years, by introducing stem cells from one species into a very early embryo of another species. The ultimate goal is to coax the foreign cells into forming an organ for transplantation. But questions abound: Can evolutionarily distant animals, like pigs and humans, be mixed togeth er to produce such organs? Or could species closely related to us, like chimps and macaques, stand in for tests with human cells? Staff Writer Kelly Servick joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the research, the regulations, and the growing ethical ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - June 27, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Creating chimeras for organ transplants and how bats switch between their eyes and ears on the wing
Researchers have been making animal embryos from two different species, so-called “chimeras,” for years, by introducing stem cells from one species into a very early embryo of another species. The ultimate goal is to coax the foreign cells into forming an organ for transplantation. But questions abound: Can evolutionarily distant animals, like pigs and humans, be mixed together to produce such organs? Or could species closely related to us, like chimps and macaques, stand in for tests with human cells? Staff Writer Kelly Servick joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the research, the regulations, and the growing ethical d...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - June 27, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Creating chimeras for organ transplants and how bats switch between their eyes and ears on the wing
Researchers have been making animal embryos from two different species, so-called “chimeras,” for years, by introducing stem cells from one species into a very early embryo of another species. The ultimate goal is to coax the foreign cells into forming an organ for transplantation. But questions abound: Can evolutionarily distant animals, like pigs and humans, be mixed togeth er to produce such organs? Or could species closely related to us, like chimps and macaques, stand in for tests with human cells? Staff Writer Kelly Servick joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the research, the regulations, and the growing ethical ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - June 27, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 549: The church of protocadherin
Kartik and Rohit join the TWiV team to present their identification of protocadherin-1 as a cell receptor for New World hantaviruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guests: Kartik Chandran and Rohit Jandra Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Einstein goes viral (TWiV 314) Michael Rossmann, 88 (virology blog) Protocadherin-1 essential for New World hantavirus entry (Nature) Image credit Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! This episode is sponsored by the 2019 Chem/Bio Defense Science and Technology Conference. Are you ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - May 26, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
"Remembering" with Donald Mackay (BS 157)
Donald Mackay (click to play interview)This month ’s episode of Brain Sciencefeatures Dr. Donald Mackay, author of Remembering: What 50 Years of Research with Famous Amnesia Patient H.M. Can Teach Us about Memory and How It Works. H.M. may have been the most studied patient in history, but Mackay's work uncovers some surprising discoveries about the role of the hippocampus in language, as well as important implications for the aging brain.How to get this episode:FREE: audio mp3 (click to stream, right click to download)Coming Soon: Episode Transcript — delayed by illnessPremium Subscribers have unlimited acce...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - May 24, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Cognitive Science Interviews Language Memory Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
"Remembering" with Donald MacKay (BS 157)
Donald Mackay (click to play interview)
This month’s episode of Brain Science features Dr. Donald MacKay, author of Remembering: What 50 Years of Research with Famous Amnesia Patient H.M. Can Teach Us about Memory and How It Works. H.M. may have been the most studied patient in history, but MacKay's work uncovers some surprising discoveries about the role of the hippocampus in language, as well as important implications for the aging brain.
How to get this episode:FREE: audio mp3 (click to stream, right click to download)Buy Episode Transcript for $3 (Premium link)Premium Su...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - May 24, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Cognitive Science Interviews Language Memory Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Emotions and Motivations: an SDT perspective
I have blogged previously about personality and emotions and also personality and motivations, but haven’t made an explicit linkage between emotions and motivations; today I wish to rectify that and talk about how emotions and motivations are interconnected. I will be using the Self-Determination [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast) (Source: The Mouse Trap)
Source: The Mouse Trap - May 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: emotion motivation basic emotions Source Type: podcasts
Can fMRI Read Your Mind? (BS 156 with Russ Poldrack)
Russell Poldrack (click to play audio)
This month’s episode of Brain Science is an interview with Stanford psychologist Russell A Poldrack, author of The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts. We talk about the principles of how fMRI works and how new methods are overcoming some of the problems from the early days in the field. Because Dr. Poldrack has been in the field since its infancy, he is uniquely placed to give us both an overview of the history and an analysis of its progress. We emphasize several important principles that must be honored in...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - April 26, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books brain imaging Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Psychology Source Type: podcasts
Can fMRI Read Your Mind? (BS 156 with Russ Poldrack)
Russell Poldrack (click to play audio)
This month’s episode of Brain Science is an interview with Stanford psychologist Russell A Poldrack, author of The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts. We talk about the principles of how fMRI works and how new methods are overcoming some of the problems from the early days in the field. Because Dr. Poldrack has been in the field since its infancy, he is uniquely placed to give us both an overview of the history and an analysis of its progress. We emphasize several important principles that must be honored in...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - April 26, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books brain imaging Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Psychology Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 544: Immunogaga
The TWiV team reveals the repertoire of anti-viral antibodies in newborn humans, and a complement protein that binds the adenovirus capsid and prevents release of the viral DNA. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Maternal anti-viral antibodies in newborns (Nat Med) Complement protein blocks adenovirus uncoating (Cell Host Micr) Antibodies neutralize virus inside cells (virology blog) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 544 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Bria...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 21, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Neuroscience and AI with Paul Middlebrooks (BS 155)
Paul Middlebrooks host of Brain-Inspired podcast
BS 155 is an interview with neuroscientist Paul Middlebrooks, host of the Brain-Inspired podcast. We explore the main theme of his show, which is the intersection between neuroscience and artificial intelligence (AI).We explore topics such as Deep Learning and the challenges of interdisciplinary science. Neural nets and other forms of AI may be inspired by real neurons, but they are actually very different. On the other hand the scientists working AI have developed techniques for dealing with large amounts of data. These techniques...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - March 22, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Artificial Intelligence Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Neuroscience and AI with Paul Middlebrooks (BS 155)
Paul Middlebrooks host of Brain-Inspired podcast
BS 155 is an interview with neuroscientist Paul Middlebrooks, host of the Brain-Inspired podcast. We explore the main theme of his show, which is the intersection between neuroscience and artificial intelligence (AI).We explore topics such as Deep Learning and the challenges of interdisciplinary science. Neural nets and other forms of AI may be inspired by real neurons, but they are actually very different. On the other hand the scientists working AI have developed techniques for dealing with large amounts of data. These techniques...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - March 22, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Artificial Intelligence Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 539: Multitudes contain me
The TWiV hosts present two potentially seminal papers, on long-distance chemoattraction of a host by a chlorovirus, and replication of a nanovirus across multiple cells in a plant. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Paul Has Measles now in German (virology blog) Chloroviruses lure hosts (J Virol) Multicellular replication in plants (eLife) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 539 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Brianne - Why Do So Many Sci...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 17, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
#talkaboutcomplications
Renza Scibilia and Chris Aldred have diabetes, and their introduction to the idea of complications arising from the condition were terrifying.
Because of this early experience, and Chris's later development of complications, they have campaigned to make doctors really think about the way in which they talk about complications with patients. Challenging the use of "non-compliant" and other stigmatising language.
Chris has also documented his experience of developing an ulcer, and having it successfully treated, on social media, to open up the conversation and make us all #talkaboutcomplications.Chris Aldred is @grumpy_pu...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 14, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
