Episode 3: August 2013

Chapters

1. 0:44

   The cocktail party effect

   Neuroscientists are getting closer to understanding how people can distinguish where different sounds come from in noisy environments.
2. 7:01

   Turning on pseudogenes

   Researchers have discovered a role for pseudogenes –€“ which are thought to be dead genes€ – in regulating the immune response.
3. 14:01

   Looking into blindness

   Experiments with stem cells are shedding new light on the genetic origins of one of the most common forms of inherited blindness.
4. 21:25

   How genes influence our response to the flu vaccine

   Changes in gene expression could be used to predict whether individuals will respond successfully to the influenza vaccine.
5. 27:27

   Stem cells and tropical diseases

   Genetic techniques are providing new insights into the origins of schistosomiasis, a tropical disease that is caused by parasitic flatworms.