June 2018: Caught the flu? Eat fiber
06/28/18 • 32 min
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In this edition, we’ll hear about how heritability traits can be inferred from electronic medical records, with Nick Tatonetti and Fernanda Polubriaginof, Cell (00:00); why fiber does wonders for your immune system, with Benjamin Marsland, Immunity (9:56); and what’s behind the high- energy demands of mining Bitcoin, with Alex de Vries, Joule (18:56).
In this edition, we’ll hear about how heritability traits can be inferred from electronic medical records, with Nick Tatonetti and Fernanda Polubriaginof, Cell (00:00); why fiber does wonders for your immune system, with Benjamin Marsland, Immunity (9:56); and what’s behind the high- energy demands of mining Bitcoin, with Alex de Vries, Joule (18:56).
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May 2018: The Loneliest Mouse
In this episode, we’ll hear about why you might want to be skeptical of raw water, with Gail Teitzel, Editor of Trends in Microbiology (00:00); how brain chemistry might change in mice as a result of social isolation, with David Anderson, Cell (07:45); and what’s unusual about neurons in people with severe obesity, with Dhruv Sareen, Cell Stem Cell (17:10). Then, stay tuned for our monthly news roundup, including using MRI to predict risk tolerance; rethinking what we know about genetics, sugar, and weight gain; and how the sweet potato arrived in Polynesia (26:13).
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