The Genetics of Living Longer, Healthier Lives
Dr. Nir Barzilai considers what research on the genetic makeup of very old healthy individuals might teach us about preventing age-related diseases. (Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast - April 1, 2014 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Is There Really a Sports Gene?
David Epstein, author of a book on sports genetics, considers what clinicians need to know about advances in sports and exercise genetics. (Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast - March 21, 2014 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Liquid Biopsy: Physicians, Patients, Beware!
Liquid biopsy may detect cancer recurrence, changes in the tumor, and development of drug resistance -- eventually, says Dr. George Lundberg. But for now, patients and physicians should be wary. (Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast - March 19, 2014 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
BRCA and Risk for Ovarian Cancer: There's More to the Story
Dr. Maurie Markman considers whether strategies known to reduce the risk for ovarian cancer might also be useful in women with a BRCA mutation. (Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast - March 17, 2014 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Oophorectomy Prevents Ovarian Cancer
Dr. Maurie Markman suggests that the findings of this study be shared with women with the BRCA+ mutation. (Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast - March 14, 2014 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD - The Promise of the MET Signaling Pathway in Cancer
The Promise of the MET Signaling Pathway in Cancer (Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Pathology)
Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Pathology - February 28, 2014 Category: Pathology Authors: PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education Tags: Science, Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Best Colorectal Cancer Test: The One That Gets Done
Providers must be more proactive if we are to raise national colorectal cancer screening rates. (Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast - February 12, 2014 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Squamous Cell NSCLC: Finally Targetable?
Dr. Maurie Markman reviews a recent study looking at genetic mutations and possible therapeutic targets in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. (Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Podcast - February 11, 2014 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 271: To bee, or not to bee, that is the infection
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Ashlee Bennett
The TWiV crew discusses two reports on viruses that might have crossed kingdoms, from plants to honeybees and from plants to vertebrates.
Links for this episode
Tobacco ringspot virus in honeybees (mBio)
Plant virus that switched to vertebrates (PNAS)
CDC influenza activity and surveillance
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Image credit: Virginia Tech Learning Resources Center
Letters read on TWiV 271
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Alan - Nagasaki bombing (Yo...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 9, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Esophagocoloplasty for cardioesophageal cancer
Surgery for gastric cancer remains a challenge for surgeons all over the world. One of the difficult problems in this pathology is the management of patients with the spread of the tumor to adjacent o...
Author: ilyagotsadze
Added: 01/09/2014 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - January 9, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
