Harvard Medical Labcast
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Sinopsis
HMS scientists tackle a variety of important questions, ranging from how your neurons work to which genes play a role in particular diseases. Our podcast gives you the scoop on some of this work, providing context and highlighting the latest trends in medical education and biomedical research.
Episodios
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Episode 18: Origins of Life
20/04/2012 Duración: 07minNobel Laureate Jack Szostak is working to build primitive cells in the laboratory.
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Episode 17: 3D Mammography Gains Momentum
29/03/2012 Duración: 13minA new imaging tool is poised to transform breast cancer screening. Plus, cancer researchers develop 3D tissue models and a radiologist shares her perspective.
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Episode 16: Metamorphosis of a Medical Student
15/02/2012 Duración: 16minExperiences in the clinic during the third year of medical school spur a remarkable transformation. For the first time, future MDs begin to feel like doctors.
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Episode 15: Transforming Drug Discovery
17/10/2011 Duración: 10minMarc Kirschner, head of the Harvard Medical School Department of Systems Biology, describes a new initiative that takes aim at the alarming slowdown in the development of new and lifesaving drugs. Plus, Professor of Genetics David Reich is studying DNA from an ancient finger bone to shed light on the dawn of humanity.
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Episode 14: Under 6 and overweight
26/07/2011 Duración: 11minElsie Taveras, an assistant professor of population medicine and of pediatrics at HMS, discusses a new Institute of Medicine report on early childhood obesity. Plus, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology Stephen Liberles explores how mice and rats sense predators.
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Episode 13: Building a sustainable future
23/06/2011 Duración: 10minHarvard Medical School Professor of Systems Biology Pam Silver is engineering organisms that produce fuel and even food. Find out how she's working to build a sustainable future through synthetic biology. Plus, Nancy Keating, an HMS associate professor of health care policy, sheds light on one aspect of the debate over the rising costs of health care.
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Episode 12: Are you getting enough sleep?
23/05/2011 Duración: 08minAccording to research by Elizabeth Klerman, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, most adults should be getting 8.5 to 9 hours of sleep each night. Learn about her study and about the benefits of a good night's sleep. Plus, HMS Associate Professor of Medicine Julia Wang explores what causes the immune system to attack healthy cells and tissues by mistake.
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Episode 11: Human genome turns 10
10/03/2011 Duración: 10minA draft sequence of the human genome was first published in 2001. Ten years later, David Altshuler, Harvard Medical School professor of genetics, discusses how the Human Genome Project has changed the landscape of biomedical research. Plus, a study by HMS professor of neurobiology Qiufu Ma sheds light on the relationship between itch and pain.
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Episode 10: Powerful placebo
10/02/2011 Duración: 09minFind out why HMS Associate Professor of Medicine Ted Kaptchuk is trying to understand the magnitude, duration and boundaries of placebo effects. Plus, in the process of studying the genetic roots of a horrific disease, researchers discover a new way to create adult stem cells.
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Episode 9: How to make a doctor
09/02/2009 Duración: 16minWe ask some Bostonians to envision a doctor of the future and bring their questions about medical training to HMS Dean for Education Thomas Michel. We also speak with medical students who are learning that research isn’t easy.
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Episode 8: Working the system
26/11/2008 Duración: 16minHMS professor Peter Sorger shares his perspectives on the emerging field of systems biology, and we visit the lab of Roy Kishony, where researchers are using mathematical models to probe the evolution of drug resistant bacteria.
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Episode 7: Inside the brain's black box
30/10/2008 Duración: 16minAdrian Ivinson, director of the Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center, explains why researchers need to collaborate to tackle neurodegenerative diseases, and reporter Yvonna Reekie brings us the latest on autism spectrum disorders.
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Episode 6: Your genome, your future
30/09/2008 Duración: 18minHMS professor David Altshuler discusses the relationship between human genetic variation and disease, and HMS professor George Church explains the complexities of the Personal Genome Project.
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Episode 5: Striving for global health
21/08/2008 Duración: 17minNobel Laureate Eric Chivian discusses the connection between biodiversity and human disease, and Yvonna Reekie examines the emerging problem of drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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Episode 4: And coverage for all?
24/07/2008 Duración: 12minHMS associate professor Stephanie Woolhandler shares her views on universal healthcare, and Yvonna Reekie takes you for a ride on the Family Van, which provides free education, counseling, support and healthcare to Boston’s economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
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Episode 3: The art of perception
20/06/2008 Duración: 13minHMS professor of neurobiology Margaret Livingstone uses art to understand how we perceive and process visual stimuli, and HMS professor of pediatrics Charles Nelson employs noninvasive techniques to measure the brain activity of children.
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Episode 2: The secrets of aging
15/05/2008 Duración: 13minHMS associate professor of pathology David Sinclair is getting under the hood of the molecular machinery that drives longevity, and HMS assistant professor of medicine Anne Fabiny is preparing students for an aging population.
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Episode 1: The science of social networks
07/02/2008 Duración: 13minHMS professor of medical sociology Nicholas Christakis examines how social networks affect our health, and an HMS student relies on social networking websites to rally the Kenyan diaspora.
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Episode 39: From Harvard to Hollywood
23/01/0201 Duración: 44minEmmy-nominated alum combines medicine, media and storytelling