#20 The Alliance for Aging Research Interview
This episode features an interview with Noel Lloyd who is the communications manager from the Alliance for Aging Research. The Alliance for Aging Research is the leading nonprofit organization dedicat...
16 Feb 201529min
#19 Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative
President Barack Obama proposed the Precision Medicine Initiative. It has a $215 million investment in the President’s 2016 Budget. This initiative focuses on the making major advances in personalized...
2 Feb 201526min
#18 New Advances on Fragile X Syndrome
Researchers have identified a genetic mutation accountable for a metabolic disease among Inuits in northern Canada. New research has provided new insight into fragile X syndrome, learn more about the ...
27 Jan 201528min
#17 PTSD and Breast Cancer Genes
All about genes! New study finds gene variants may be a contributor to PTSD. New genes have also been discovered to be linked to triple-negative breast cancer. Scientists have successfully used light ...
12 Jan 201530min
#16 DNA Goes To Space
First news story is about research on how genetics can affect the brain and therefore behavior. Another study has been published regarding the mechanism that regulates dopamine levels in the brain, wh...
5 Jan 201528min
#15 Mindful DNA
A study finds meditating cancer patients are able to affect the makeup of their DNA, hear how they are able to do this. Learn about the Klinefelter Syndrome, which is the presence of an extra X chromo...
22 Des 201429min
#14 Epigenetics
A lesson on what epigenetics is. A news story reveals that long-term endurance training alters the epigenetic pattern of the human skeletal muscle. Dr. Brian Chadwick, Assistant Professor of Biologica...
15 Des 201426min
#13 New DNA Sequencing Device
A plant has more foreign DNA, than its own DNA, how is that possible? A new DNA reading device was developed that is a thousands of times smaller than width of a single human hair. How might his chang...
1 Des 201427min
