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Episode 448. Topic: Caesarean section. Theme: Medical procedures.
How old are caesarean sections? Where does this term come from? How often are they performed? Are there any downsides for babies or mothers who undergo this procedure over natural childbirth?
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Episode 393. Topic: Citizenship. Theme: Government policies.
What it citizenship and how is it granted in different countries? Can it be bought? What is the maximum number of citizenships someone can have? What is the minimum number?
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Episode 446. Topic: Tonsillectomy. Theme: Medical procedures.
What are the different types of tonsil? What do tonsils do? What is the history of tonsillectomies? Why was this procedure so common for the first half of the 20th century? Why are they performed less today?
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Episode 331. Investigating myself. Topic: Is it me? For the first episode of this series, I compare my whole genome sequencing to the raw data from my health and ancestry test. How do these two methods differ in assessing genetic information. Are both tests from the same individual? Do they always perfectly match?!
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Methodology notes: Paired-end fastq reads from whole genome sequencing (performed by Nebula genomics) were aligned to hg19 with bwa mem to match the genome version of the raw array calls from the health and ancestry test. The identity of the health and ancestry test will not be revealed. Genotypes at array loci were called with bcftools mpileup. Homozygous calls were interpreted as cases where one allele has an frequency of >0.9. Heterozygous calls were verified where two alleles each show an allele frequency of >= 0.1 and <= 0.9.

Episode 391. Investigating myself. Topic: Phenylketonuria.
What is Phenylketonuria (PKU)? How can this genetic disease lead to brain damage and intellectual disability? How is PKU tested and treated such that brain damage never occurs? And am I a carrier of PKU?
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