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Will It Sequence? What grows on your food?
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - June 07, 2024 02:47 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsIn this episode of Naked Genetics: What the latest genetics research has to say about restless leg syndrome; I put Illumina to the test and ask, 'what really grows on our food?'; And, what makes a tardigrade so tough? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Will It Sequence? Hunting drug resistant bugs
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - May 03, 2024 03:55 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsIn this month's edition of Naked Genetics: Why a genetic bottleneck created decades ago means some whales are in deep water; how wastewater is helping genetic sequencer track down deadly diseases; And, surf's up! how one beach dwelling creature is shredding the gnar in order to find food... Like ...
ADHD advantages, and mining microbiomes
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - April 05, 2024 03:46 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThis episode of Naked Genetics: has the evolutionary advantage to ADHD been uncovered? Also, We look at the microbiome of mining. And, the only vertebrate in the world that would thank you for saying that it looked like crap... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
The roamin' Roman Empire, and Charles Darwin's love life
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - February 28, 2024 11:11 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsIn this edition of Naked Genetics: The surprising findings of a roman empire diversity study; Are hybrid animals the way out of the biodiversity crisis? And, was charles darwin as romantic as he was scientifically brilliant? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
The origin of Europe's MS disease, and South Pole sequencing
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - January 22, 2024 08:35 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThis episode of Naked Genetics, the origins of multiple sclerosis markers in northern Europe is revealed, and why it might have helped more people than it hindered; we also look at organisms surviving in Earth's most extreme conditions; and ask just why might a bunch of organisms be turning into ...
Testing for genetic diseases, and bats with big penises
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - December 15, 2023 02:48 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThis episode of Naked Genetics, we catch up with our genetics experts and look into the hot button genetics news; we look at how genetics affects our genes, and how genes affect our ageing; and, another extraordinary mating ritual in Quirks of Evolution... Like this podcast? Please help us by sup...
Is vegetarianism genetic, and the penis-eating spider
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - November 14, 2023 12:38 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThis episode, we catch up with some of the more curious genetics news from the past month including how much Neanderthal is in you and how that affects your risk of disease. Also, we look at one of the most remarkable breeding strategies in the animal kingdom, a spider with two penises that eats ...
COVID In Your Genes: The Risk Factors
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - April 14, 2021 10:46 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsDo our genes control how we respond to COVID? The question has been nagging at the world since the pandemic began. Now we have the answer - and it's yes. In this programme, geneticist Nathan Pearson uncovers the specific bits of DNA that make you more likely to catch coronavirus, as well as the b...
The Genes Who Came in for the Cold
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - March 17, 2021 20:12 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsHow do we cope at the extremes of low temperature? Across the world, groups of people have historically made their home in icy and inhospitable landscapes... and even today, groups of thrill seekers push their bodies to the limits by going swimming in water close to freezing. In this month's prog...
How To Tell Coronavirus Variants Apart
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - February 24, 2021 12:32 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsWe're looking at the most critical variants of the coronavirus, and finding out how to tell whether they're flummoxing COVID vaccines. Plus: the cost of catching a serial killer; DNA with four strands instead of two; and a mutant fish whose fins have started turning into limbs! Like this podcast?...
Identical Twins: Not Identical?
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - January 15, 2021 05:49 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsMeet the small DNA differences that make their mark by existing in the magical period of early development. We'll hear how mutations in the very first stages of human embryos have bizarre consequences for identical twins; and how even earlier in the process, sperm use selfish genes to get ahead o...
RNA vaccines, privacy, and penguins
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - December 17, 2020 05:56 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThe first group of people in the world have received a 'genetic' vaccine against the coronavirus. What is it, and how does it work? Naked Scientist Chris Smith breaks it down and addresses your concerns. Plus, why some genes have to change rapidly just to stay the same; a new way to keep function...
Mink, Ivory, & a Disease Discovered Backwards
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - November 13, 2020 05:53 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsIt's a regular Noah's Ark: from the coronavirus strains that have been spreading through minks, to a new DNA test that can track poached elephant ivory, to the genetics of a very useful - and very inbred - cat. Plus: scientists have discovered a brand new genetic disease, via an unlikely approach...
Slave Trade, Neanderthals, & COVID
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - October 16, 2020 05:31 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThis week: a risk factor for severe COVID that comes from Neanderthals; using genes to track the millions transported as slaves across the Atlantic; a doctor runs through the list of what coronavirus mutations are worth watching out for; and learning population genetics from a video game... Like ...
How To Survive Poison
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - September 14, 2020 04:28 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThis week, a message from Naked Scientists listener Loretta. "I'm curious if your show might cover some of the most interesting case studies of organisms developing tolerance to severe toxins, what genetic insight this gives us about adaptation and natural selection more broadly, and what some of...
The Inner Lives of Birds
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - August 19, 2020 02:53 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsTweet tweet! We're talking birds, and the incredible things they can do. Today we're spotlighting five of the coolest recent stories in bird genetics: hummingbirds powering their lightning-fast flight; a gene that controls migration; why males have different colours to females; how light polluti...
Female Mosaicism: The Stronger Sex?
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - July 15, 2020 02:22 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThe same thing that makes the patchwork colours on a tortoiseshell cat, also - according to some - is why human females live longer, see colour better, and even more often survive the coronavirus. It's all thanks to having two X chromosomes. Females compensate by switching one of them off, and th...
Fermented foods: the real deal?
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - June 15, 2020 01:56 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsWe take a look at the trendy world of fermented foods. Are they actually good for you? And if so, why? Plus, the latest genetics news: from bacteria that live inside cancer cells, to gene sequencing the dead sea scrolls... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
ACE2: The Coronavirus Gateway
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - May 14, 2020 01:55 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsAre you one of the many people who take ACE inhibitors or ARBs to treat high blood pressure? Or to help with heart issues or diabetes? In the UK, this is about one in seven people, making these are some of the most common prescription drugs out there; and recently there have been worries that the...
The Coronavirus Mutation Situation
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - April 15, 2020 10:46 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsIn this episode we're taking apart the tiny creature behind this global pandemic. From how looking at the genes of the coronavirus can help figure out the animal it comes from; to the exact ways it's spreading around the world; and even how a hidden mutation is threatening to lead vaccine-makers ...
Gene Genealogy & The Lost Family
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - March 14, 2020 02:05 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsOne of the biggest tech booms of the past half decade has been direct to consumer DNA tests. The results come in the post, and with them come both answers and new questions: questions that tens of thousands of people now have to figure out how to ask. In this episode, a new book from journalist L...
FOXG1 Syndrome: Fighting the Odds
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - February 20, 2020 07:32 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsListener Vivek got in touch with a question about a rare genetic disease his son has, called FOXG1 Syndrone. In fact, it's so rare - and so newly-discovered - that only about six hundred people in the world have been diagnosed. Kids with FOXG1 have severe developmental delays; in Vivek's words, "...
The Fly Infest-agation
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - January 14, 2020 08:42 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsWe got a Christmas present from listener Anna: a small plastic tube full of dead flies. They've recently been infesting the hospital where she works. She wants us to figure out what they are, and what caused the infestation. Can DNA crack the case? Plus, the return of Gins & Genes... Like this po...
African genetics and ethics
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - December 14, 2019 10:04 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThere are very few African studies in genetics. And on the whole, there is a big European bias in the field. In Europe there are resources of hundreds of thousands of individuals' data, like the UK Biobank, and so that's where most research take place. But there's a potential problem: the subtle ...
What's in the water?
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - November 14, 2019 05:35 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsThis month we're diving into the stuff that makes up two thirds of the Earth's surface. Can you use genetics to figure out what's in the water? We put the science to the test by making a geneticist guess our mystery fish. Plus, a story about whales and dolphins: what do you lose when you leave th...
Quadrillions: Sequencing the UK Biobank
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - October 14, 2019 05:26 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsHalf a million genomes. That's how many the UK Biobank has, stored as blood samples in freezers up in Manchester. And in September 2019 they announced a project to sequence every single one of them. It's the obvious next step for the UK Biobank, the research study that began in 2006 and now consi...
The Dog Show
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - September 14, 2019 04:27 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsIt's a doggy dog world... in this episode we're talking pugs, bulldogs, and French bulldogs. They've all been bred for flat faces, but their airways haven't shrunk alongside their skulls - meaning that they often struggle to breathe. How has this happened? After evolving for millions of years, wh...
Mendel's Trick
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - August 14, 2019 04:10 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsNaked Genetics is back with new episodes every month! Today we're taking a step back. Where does genetics actually come from? How did we get to today's world of genome sequences and gene editing? It all started with a 19th-Century monk, working in his garden - but who was he really, and how did i...
Decoding a Mammoth with George Church
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - March 24, 2019 00:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsJoin Harvard DNA pioneer George Church and Chris Smith in conversation as they discuss gene cloning, DNA sequencing, decoding the mammoth genome, the risks posed by fossil viruses lurking in extinct genomes, the prospects of xenotransplantation and safety of gene therapy, and the risks of human C...
The CRISPR baby controversy
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists - December 21, 2018 00:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 84 ratingsIn November, He Jiankui claimed that two genetically engineered children have been born. Did he really do it? And if so, what are the ramifications for the babies and for the field? Georgia Mills explores the controversy in a special edition of Naked Genetics. Like this podcast? Please help us...
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