Latest Plant biology Podcast Episodes
A Gene-Edited Vaccine Against Malaria - Dr. Stefan Kappe
# - October 29, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsThe mosquito is the most deadly animal on earth. It vectors a plasmodium, a eukaryotic parasite that invades the liver of the host and ultimately attacks red blood cells. There are some therapies and preventatives, but a durable vaccine would be a game changer in the Developing World....
Seralini's Lumpy Rats - Ten Years Later
# - October 22, 2022 05:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsTen years ago the biotech world froze and horrific images of three tumor-ridden rats penetrated the media. Social media erupted with messages of fear, and anti-biotech activists celebrated the scientific publication that conclusively linked biotech crops and an associated herbicide to c...
New Therapeutics for Novel Problems through Collaboration - Dr. Betsy O'neill
# - October 08, 2022 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsDr. Betsy O'neill, VP of External Innovation at Horizon Therapeutics describes how strategic partnerships can assist biotech startups in moving new therapies through development to deployment. She discusses her company's collaborative approach, and how working together can assist in e...
The Long COVID HERV Connection - Dr. Claudia Matteucci
# - October 01, 2022 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsHuman endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are genome-resident relics of ancient infections. They comprise 8% of the human genome, and are activated by viral infections. Proteins like HERV-W and HERV-K accumulate following infections and have been causally connected to Multiple Sclerosis and...
Purple Tomatoes and Health - Dr. Cathie Martin
# - September 24, 2022 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsAnthocyanins are a class of plant pigments associated with healthful qualities in food. While research continues to assess their true health benefits in vivo, there is no question that the attractive fruits stimulate the senses and bring novelty to the diet. Dr. Cathie Martin of the Joh...
Rapid Detection of Sexually Transmitted Infections with Microfluidics - Dr. Anna Dixon
# - September 17, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsSexually transmitted infections like chlamydial and gonorrhea are making a comeback, especially with younger demographics. Part of the problem is the stigma of examination and testing. These are not trivial infections, and can result in more complicated syndromes, which could include st...
The Gut-Brain Axis: What it is, associated problems and new therapies. Nancy Thornberry
# - September 10, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsCommunication between the digestive system and brain is much more intricate than previously thought. The digestive epithelium is laced with sensors that monitor the contents of the gut, reporting back to the brain, stimulating appropriate hormones and digestive action to guide motility...
Dr. Nikolay Kandul: Precision Insect Control with Gene Editing
# - September 03, 2022 08:29 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsInsects cause massive losses in human health and agriculture. Scientists have implemented Sterile Insect Technique for over 50 years, a process to suppress populations by introducing genetically-damaged insects into natural settings. Upon mating, the offspring. Scientists have now used ...
Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam: Update on Animal Genome Editing
# - August 27, 2022 14:22 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsWhile the vast majority of gene editing efforts have been confined to crop plants, animal gene editing holds tremendous promise. Efforts have demonstrated that naturally-occurring alleles could be reconstituted using site-specific nucleases, creating hornless dairy cattle and beef cattl...
Dr. Liang Schweizer: Creating Targeted Antibodies in Single Cells
# - August 20, 2022 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsImmunotherapies represent a powerful suite of treatments that co-opt the immune system to target deleterious cellular conditions. They have been effective with a series of cancers and other disorders. The problem is that development of new antibodies can be challenging for several tech...
Celine Halioua: Extending Health and Life, Starting with Dogs
# - August 13, 2022 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsDogs are a recent species, and because of their close associations with humans have diverged into hundreds of breeds with specific behaviors, sizes and builds. There also is a great range in life expectancy and anticipated disease. Dogs therefore provide an excellent model to study agi...
Extending Health and Life, Starting with Dogs
# - August 13, 2022 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsDogs are a recent species, and because of their close associations with humans have diverged into hundreds of breeds with specific behaviors, sizes and builds. There also is a great range in life expectancy and anticipated disease. Dogs therefore provide an excellent model to study agi...
Dr. Mallory Embree: Optimizing Animal Microbiomes
# - August 06, 2022 04:09 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsA microbiome is described as a population of bacteria, fungi, protists and viruses that inhabit a specific environment. Animals, including humans, are composed of many microbiomes featuring trillions of microbes. There are different microbiomes found throughout the animal digestive trac...
Optimizing Animal Microbiomes
# - August 06, 2022 04:09 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsA microbiome is described as a population of bacteria, fungi, protists and viruses that inhabit a specific environment. Animals, including humans, are composed of many microbiomes featuring trillions of microbes. There are different microbiomes found throughout the animal digestive trac...
Glyphosate in Breast Milk? / Eco-Modernism
# - July 30, 2022 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsThis week's podcast has two parts. In the first section University of Idaho lactation specialist Dr. Shelley McGuire discusses the recent paper that claims to have found the herbicide glyphosate in breast milk. In the second half Gabe Ignetti from the Ecomodernist Society of North Ameri...
Dr. Shelley McGuire and Gabe Ignetti: Glyphosate in Breast Milk? / Eco-Modernism
# - July 30, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsThis week's podcast has two parts. In the first section University of Idaho lactation specialist Dr. Shelley McGuire discusses the recent paper that claims to have found the herbicide glyphosate in breast milk. In the second half Gabe Ignetti from the Ecomodernist Society of North Ameri...
Stool-Based Detection of Colon Cancer
# - July 23, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsColorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death, but is remarkably treatable if caught early. Unfortunately, because of the invasive nature of the colonoscopy, many elect not to have this procedure done in a regular and timely manner. Colorectal cancers advance from norma...
Dr. Erica Barnell: Stool-Based Detection of Colon Cancer
# - July 23, 2022 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsColorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death, but is remarkably treatable if caught early. Unfortunately, because of the invasive nature of the colonoscopy, many elect not to have this procedure done in a regular and timely manner. Colorectal cancers advance from norma...
Microalgae: Factories for Improved Polymers
# - July 16, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsThe foundation of many modern consumer products begins with petroleum. Fossil fuels contain the building blocks of higher-complexity polymers, and are used in the creation of everything from high performance plastics in medical devices to your computer screen. But using petroleum use is...
Dr. Scott Franklin: Microalgae - Factories for Improved Polymers
# - July 16, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsThe foundation of many modern consumer products begins with petroleum. Fossil fuels contain the building blocks of higher-complexity polymers, and are used in the creation of everything from high performance plastics in medical devices to your computer screen. But using petroleum use is...
CAR-T Therapies to Reverse Cardiac Fibrosis
# - July 09, 2022 02:22 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsInjury to organs frequently results in impaired function due to the formation of scar tissue. Heart attacks and chronic high blood pressure can induce the formation of pathogenic fibroblasts, cells that lose their original function, yet maintain some structural element of the injured ti...
Joel Rurik: CAR-T Therapies to Reverse Cardiac Fibrosis
# - July 09, 2022 02:22 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsInjury to organs frequently results in impaired function due to the formation of scar tissue. Heart attacks and chronic high blood pressure can induce the formation of pathogenic fibroblasts, cells that lose their original function, yet maintain some structural element of the injured ti...
352 - Prions and Chronic Wasting Disease
# - July 02, 2022 05:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsPrion disorders are rare neurological diseases where a protein within the nervous system converts to a pathological form. The change in conformation affects other proteins, recruiting them to the misshapen, deleterious type. Chronic wasting disease is a neurological disease of deer, cau...
Dr. Sandra Pritzkow: Prions and Chronic Wasting Disease
# - July 02, 2022 05:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsPrion disorders are rare neurological diseases where a protein within the nervous system converts to a pathological form. The change in conformation affects other proteins, recruiting them to the misshapen, deleterious type. Chronic wasting disease is a neurological disease of deer, cau...
351 - Biotech, Pesticides, Toxicology and Food
# - June 25, 2022 15:44 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsSpecific chemistries are used to protect crops from insects, weeds, fungi and other microbes. Legacy issues with some older pesticides led to restrictions or bans on their use. Unfortunately, suspicion remains around contemporary solutions, even though today's chemistries are highly sp...
Dr. Liza Dunn: Biotech, Pesticides, Toxicology and Food
# - June 25, 2022 15:44 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsSpecific chemistries are used to protect crops from insects, weeds, fungi and other microbes. Legacy issues with some older pesticides led to restrictions or bans on their use. Unfortunately, suspicion remains around contemporary solutions, even though today's chemistries are highly sp...
Dr. Asaf Hellman: Methylation of DNA, Relationship to Disease
# - June 18, 2022 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsEpigenetic regulation of gene expression occurs via many mechanisms. One method is the methylation of regulatory sequences that control the expression of specific genes. Methylation is the addition of a small methyl group to specific bases of the DNA helix. Addition of a methyl group c...
Methylation of DNA, Relationship to Disease
# - June 18, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsEpigenetic regulation of gene expression occurs via many mechanisms. One method is the methylation of regulatory sequences that control the expression of specific genes. Methylation is the addition of a small methyl group to specific bases of the DNA helix. Addition of a methyl group c...
Addressing the Issue of Scientific Reproducibility
# - June 10, 2022 05:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsRecent reports criticized the lack of reproducibility in scientific publications, and this has profound effects on the public's trust in research results. Today's interview is with Tim Errington, Director of Research at the Center for Open Science. The Center for Open Science has devis...
Dr. Tim Errington: Addressing the Issue of Scientific Reproducibility
# - June 10, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsRecent reports criticized the lack of reproducibility in scientific publications, and this has profound effects on the public's trust in research results. Today's interview is with Tim Errington, Director of Research at the Center for Open Science. The Center for Open Science has devis...
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