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Episode 22: August 2015

In this episode we hear about cancer, dengue fever, sperm DNA and neurons that are sensitive to magnetic fields.
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Episode 22: August 2015

Chapters

  1. 0:35
    A neurological compass
    Neurons in worms can sense the earth's magnetic field.
    This chapter is based on the following content
    • Research Article by Andrés Vidal-Gadea, Kristi Ward ... Jonathan Pierce-Shimomura
    • Insight by Catharine H Rankin, Conny H Lin
  2. 6:07
    Mutations go it alone
    How hyper-loading might make cancers kill themselves.
    This chapter is based on the following content
  3. 11:38
    Getting into shape
    Sperm DNA must undergo major changes before mitosis.
    This chapter is based on the following content
  4. 17:33
    Mapping mosquitos
    Closing in on Dengue fever and chikungunya fever.
    This chapter is based on the following content

Related

    1. Neuroscience

    Magnetosensitive neurons mediate geomagnetic orientation in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Andrés Vidal-Gadea, Kristi Ward ... Jonathan Pierce-Shimomura
    1. Cancer Biology

    Evidence that synthetic lethality underlies the mutual exclusivity of oncogenic KRAS and EGFR mutations in lung adenocarcinoma

    Arun M Unni, William W Lockwood ... Harold Varmus
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Mitotic fidelity requires transgenerational action of a testis-restricted HP1

    Mia T Levine, Helen M Vander Wende, Harmit S Malik
    1. Ecology
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus

    Moritz UG Kraemer, Marianne E Sinka ... Simon I Hay