TWiV 1035: Poxvirus wars, warp speed COVID-19 vaccine rollout
TWiV dissects a study of COVID-19 vaccination which shows that the timing of initial rollout affects disease outcomes more substantially than final coverage or degree of socioeconomic disparity, and discovery of a novel cellular defense comprising a nuclease that is activated by poxvirus infection and cleaves a specific tRNA molecule to inhibit protein synthesis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Research assistant ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 13, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
31 October 2019: An AI masters the video game StarCraft II, and measuring arthropod abundance
This week, a computer beats the best human players in StarCraft II, and a huge study of insects and other arthropods.In this episode:00:45 Learning to playBy studying and experimenting, an AI has reached Grandmaster level at the video game Starcraft II.Research Article: Vinyals et al.; News Article: Google AI beats experienced human players at real-time strategy game StarCraft II10:08 Research HighlightsA record-breaking lightning bolt, and identifying our grey matter’s favourite tunesResearch Highlight: Here come the lightning ‘megaflashes’; Research Highlight: Why some songs delight the hum...
Source: Nature Podcast - October 30, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
31 October 2019: An AI masters the video game StarCraft II, and measuring arthropod abundance
This week, a computer beats the best human players in StarCraft II, and a huge study of insects and other arthropods.In this episode:00:45 Learning to playBy studying and experimenting, an AI has reached Grandmaster level at the video game Starcraft II.Research Article: Vinyals et al.; News Article: Google AI beats experienced human players at real-time strategy game StarCraft II10:08 Research HighlightsA record-breaking lightning bolt, and identifying our grey matter’s favourite tunesResearch Highlight: Here come the lightning ‘megaflashes’; Research Highlight: Why some songs delight the hum...
Source: Nature Podcast - October 30, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Prostate Cancer Screening
In this JAMA Clinical Reviews episode, Edward H. Livingston, MD, Deputy Editor of Clinical Reviews and Education explores the topic of prostate cancer screening. First, he looks at the malpractice lawsuit against Dan Merenstein, MD. Dr Merenstein wrote about his case in a 2004 JAMA article 2004 entitled Winners and Losers and a 2015 article in JAMA Internal Medicine entitled PSA Screening — I Finally Won! Next, Dr Livingston describes an ecologic study published in this week's issue of JAMA entitled Prostate Cancer Incidence and PSA Testing Patterns in Relation to USPSTF Screening Recommendations which examines change...
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - November 17, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
October 13 2015 Issue
1) Longitudinal study of normal cognition in Parkinson disease and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Matthew Barrett interviews Dr. Daniel Weintraub about his paper on studying normal cognition in Parkinson disease. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Mike Avery for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about things happening in the Beltway of interest to neurologists. In the next part of the podcast...
Source: Neurology Podcast - October 12, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: American Academy of Neurology Source Type: podcasts
Patient Compensation for Medical Injuries: International Approaches
In the U.S., the complex process of seeking compensation for medical injuries makes it difficult for patients to receive compensation, and fear of lawsuits leads to defensive medicine. This episode looks at countries like New Zealand, which separate patient compensation and issues of medical malpractice.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - July 14, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
