A controversial dam in the Amazon unites Indigenous people and scientists, and transplanting mitochondria to treat rare diseases
Keeping an eye on the largest hydroelectric project in the Amazon basin, and helping patients with deletions in their mitochondrial DNA We are starting off the new year with producer Kevin McLean and freelance science journalist Sofia Moutinho. They discuss a controversial dam in the Brazilian Amazon and how Indigenous peoples and researchers are trying to monitor its impact. Then, host Sarah Crespi speaks with Elad Jacoby, an expert in pediatric hematology and oncology at the Sheba Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, about the many wonders of mitochondria. In a recent Science Translational Medicine paper, his team t...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 5, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

A controversial dam in the Amazon unites Indigenous people and scientists, and transplanting mitochondria to treat rare diseases
Keeping an eye on the largest hydroelectric project in the Amazon basin, and helping patients with deletions in their mitochondrial DNA We are starting off the new year with producer Kevin McLean and freelance science journalist Sofia Moutinho. They discuss a controversial dam in the Brazilian Amazon and how Indigenous peoples and researchers are trying to monitor its impact. Then, host Sarah Crespi speaks with Elad Jacoby, an expert in pediatric hematology and oncology at the Sheba Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, about the many wonders of mitochondria. In a recent Science Translational Medicine paper, his team t...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 5, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

3-parent gene therapy for mitochondrial diseases and a news roundup
Matching donor DNA for mitochondrial gene therapy and a daily news roundup (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 24, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Science Source Type: podcasts

3-parent gene therapy for mitochondrial diseases and a news roundup
Kimberly Dunham-Snary discusses the long-term health considerations of gene therapy for mitochondrial diseases and David Grimm talks about the smell of death, Mercury crashing, and animal IQ. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Image credit: Ben Gracewood  CC BY-NC 2.0, via flickr] (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 24, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Science Source Type: podcasts

3-parent gene therapy for mitochondrial diseases and a news roundup
Kimberly Dunham-Snary discusses the long-term health considerations of gene therapy for mitochondrial diseases and David Grimm talks about the smell of death, Mercury crashing, and animal IQ. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Image credit: Ben Gracewood CC BY-NC 2.0, via flickr] (Source: Science Magazine Podcast)
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 24, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts