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Episode 95: October 2024

In this episode, we hear about cancer and mental health, efforts to make antibodies more reliable, exercises that can reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol, and the possibility that products from human birth tissue could be used to treat post-surgical pain.
Episode 95: October 2024
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Chapters

  1. 0:38
    How cancer can influence mood and behavior
    Neurons that pass through tumours influence behaviour in a mouse model of head-and-neck cancer
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  2. 6:36
    Unreliable antibodies
    Many of the antibodies used in research have not been adequately evaluated or characterized
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  3. 16:00
    A boost for the brain
    Mental training exercises can change the structure of the brain and reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol
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  4. 23:17
    A natural alternative to opioids
    A complex extracted from the amniotic membrane in humans reduces post-surgical pain in mice
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    • Insight by Jie Zhang, Jianguo Cheng