Latest Gene editing Podcast Episodes
Matchmaking at the zoo
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - November 14, 2017 00:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThis month we're off to the zoo to meet some lovelorn laughing thrushes, endangered snails, and the Cilla Black of Sumatran Tigers. Plus, a sneak preview of this year's Genetics Society JBS Haldane lecture, and a gene of the month that likes a tipple. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporti...
New Method Developed for Growing Tissue Engineered Corneas
GEN Podcasts - October 24, 2017 17:15 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science October 23, 2017Researchers discovered that corneal cells isolated from human donors and grown on a dome-shaped surface behaved differently than those on flat one. There are a number of advantages to using such curved substrates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Evolution's luxury item
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - October 13, 2017 23:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsYou're a mammal. I'm a mammal. Your pet cat or dog is a mammal, as are whales, lemurs, pandas and polar bears. But what exactly is a mammal, and what can our genes tell us about our evolution? Plus, school students take on the whipworm genome, the surprising genetic diversity of Papua New Guinea,...
Millipore Says It is Bullish on Continuous Bioprocessing
GEN Podcasts - September 26, 2017 17:42 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science September 15, 2017MilliporeSigma is using is expertise in biomanufacturing to take advantage of the growing interest in continuous or next generation bioprocessing. The company is investing in specific technologies in terms of dedicated teams, focused R&D efforts, and produc...
Exposing the contents of your genes
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - September 13, 2017 23:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsWould you ever consider donating your genome to research? We meet a man who has, and find out why. Plus, we get our hands dirty in the search for new antibiotics, take a look at the ethics of human gene editing, and our gene of the month is getting ahead in life. Like this podcast? Please help us...
Store, write, edit
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - August 13, 2017 23:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsAs scientists announce that they have used CRISPR technology to fix a faulty gene in a human embryo - not for the first time, but more accurately than ever before - we take a look at storing, writing and editing in DNA. Plus, our gene of the month is all ears. Like this podcast? Please help us by...
New Drug Delivery Materials May Help Patient Compliance with Meds
GEN Podcasts - August 01, 2017 17:30 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHydrogels May Last in Stomach for Lengthy Periods of TimeGEN Sounds of Science January 9, 2017Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital create triggerable tough hydrogels. Hydrogels may last in stomach for lengthy periods of time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
Looking at the CAR-T Landscape As First Approval Nears
GEN Podcasts - July 19, 2017 15:25 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science July 18, 2017Brad Loncar, CEO of Loncar Investments, discusses the outlook for chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) cancer therapies as Novartis nears FDA approval for the first such treatment, CTL019. Some other CAR-T therapies have also shown early, yet promising, clin...
Is Calcium the Achilles Heel for Clostridium Infections?
GEN Podcasts - July 14, 2017 16:16 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science July 13, 2017]Findings from a new study published in PLOS Pathogens by investigators at the University of Michigan and the FDA underscores the importance of calcium in Clostridium difficile spore germination.Study Link: http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.13...
Genes and dementia
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - July 13, 2017 23:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThis month we're taking a look at the role that genes play in dementia, and finding out how researchers are using this knowledge to develop urgently-needed treatments. Plus, a big release of big data from the UK Biobank, and our gene of the month is an expert swordsman. Like this podcast? Please ...
SARS and MERS Inhibited by Ebola Drug
GEN Podcasts - June 29, 2017 15:03 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science June 29, 2017A research team from Vanderbilt University, University of North Carolina, and Gilead Sciences has just released new findings in Science Translational Medicine describing how a new antiviral drug candidate inhibits a broad range of coronaviruses, including SARS a...
Bioengineers Use Quantum Dots to Help Develop New Therapies for MS
GEN Podcasts - June 19, 2017 15:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science June 19, 2017Team believes a rational therapeutic design approach will allow scientists to transform how the disease is tackled. Quantum dot technology also should be applicable to other autoimmune diseases as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
Bees, tress and 3-D genes
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - June 13, 2017 23:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThis month we're literally getting inside our genes, as we explore chromosomes through a 3-dimensional virtual reality art, music and science project. Plus, researchers are turning to bees, trees and more in search of new genetic systems, and our gene of the month has been around for a while. Lik...
Soft Tissue Synthetic Retina Created
GEN Podcasts - May 31, 2017 16:43 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science May 25, 2017A synthetic, soft tissue retina developed by an Oxford University doctoral chemistry student could offer fresh hope for visually impaired people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
FDA’s New Commissioner Hits the Ground Running
GEN Podcasts - May 19, 2017 14:38 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science May 19, 2017Sara Radcliffe, president and CEO of the California Life Sciences Association, discusses where Scott Gottlieb, M.D., is most likely to impact biopharma, and what the industry hopes he will accomplish as the FDA’s new commissioner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
Tackling tumours, curing cancer
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - May 13, 2017 23:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThis month we're zooming in on cancer, finding out how researchers are tackling tumours in unprecedented detail. Plus, our gene of the month is the guardian of your genome, rather than the galaxy. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
New Zika Test Shines LAMP in the Dark
GEN Podcasts - May 09, 2017 14:47 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science May 4, 2017A new test not only rapidly and inexpensively detects Zika virus in mosquitoes and human bodily fluids, but can also distinguish between African and Asian strains. Listen now for more details!http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/9/388/eaag0538 Hosted on Acast. See ...
Inflammation-Sensing Gut Bacteria Brought to You by Synthetic Biology
GEN Podcasts - April 17, 2017 14:47 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science April 14, 2017New research may eventually lead to orally ingestible bacteria for monitoring gut health and disease—with the ultimate goal being the development of a home inflammation test. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Battle of the sexes
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - April 13, 2017 23:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsWe might joke about the battle of the sexes, but it turns out that this is actually true - at least for a hundred or so imprinted genes. Plus, what opossums can teach us about sex, reporting back from a very special scientific meeting, and a superhero-styled gene of the month. Like this podcast? ...
Standing Up Against NIH Budget Cuts
GEN Podcasts - April 10, 2017 15:16 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science April 7, 2017Mary Woolley, President of Research!America, which advocates for medical and health research funding, talks about how her group and other advocates plan to fight back against President Donald Trump’s one-two punch to NIH funding. Researchers will be key to thos...
Is Maple Syrup the Answer to Antibiotic Resistance?
GEN Podcasts - April 03, 2017 14:43 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science April 3, 2017McGill University researchers may have found a natural way to cut down on antibiotic use without sacrificing health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sensitive Genotypes and their Impact on Economic Success
GEN Podcasts - March 17, 2017 15:08 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science March 16, 2017A recent study suggest that children with sensitive genotypes who come from low-income homes will be less financially successful than their same sex sibling without those genotypes. But children with those same genotypes from a high-income home would actually f...
Putting genomics to work
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - March 15, 2017 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThe DNA sequencing revolution is providing ever more data about genomes from all kinds of species, from humans to bacteria. But how do we make sense of it all? Who gets their hands on it? And how do we use it to benefit patients? We meet the scientists developing new computer tools to analyse and...
Cancer Immunotherapy: CAR T as 'Car Race'
GEN Podcasts - March 10, 2017 17:44 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science March 9, 2017Brad Loncar, CEO of Loncar Investments, weighs in on recent developments in the scramble to develop CAR T cancer immunotherapies. How significant a setback is Juno Therapeutics’ halting development of JCAR015? How could some second-tier companies yet come out on...
Turning Patients' Cells into Therapeutic Antibody Factories
GEN Podcasts - March 03, 2017 15:02 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science March 2, 2017A collaborative team of scientists demonstrates a novel method to deliver safer and more cost-effective therapeutic antibodies, utilizing mRNA.See Article: http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14630 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cannibalism: A Biological and Evolutionary Perspective
GEN Podcasts - February 28, 2017 15:51 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science February 28, 2017Scientists have long written off cannibalism as a strange phenomenon with little biological significance. However, the true nature of cannibalism —the role it plays in evolution as well as human history — is even more intriguing (and more normal) than the mi...
Seeking Young Scientists for Research in Space
GEN Podcasts - February 23, 2017 16:06 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science February 22, 2017Nicole M. Nichols, Ph.D., group leader for DNA amplification development at New England Biolabs, discusses the third national Genes in Space competition. The winner will have his or her experiment carried out aboard the International Space Station.More insig...
Sorting Out the CRISPR Patent Case
GEN Podcasts - February 17, 2017 15:48 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science February 16, 2017Bill Warren, partner with the law firm Eversheds Sutherland and chair of its biotechnology and life sciences team, discusses the ruling by a three-judge panel of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board siding with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in the bitt...
Science and the single cell
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - February 14, 2017 00:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsOur bodies are made up of trillions of cells - but these aren't mere biological building blocks, as inert as bricks. They're constantly communicating and changing. So how do scientists measure this? Plus, you can now take part in an international survey about genetics knowledge, a GIANT study th...
“Sexual Attraction” Neurons in the Brain Discovered
GEN Podcasts - February 03, 2017 16:24 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGEN Sounds of Science February 2, 2017Finding in female mice may also be relevant to certain human psychiatric disorders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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