Posted on May 31st, 2009 by VRacaniello
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Stephen Morse
Vincent, Alan, and Stephen Morse discuss progressive vaccinia in a smallpox vaccinee, arsenic and influenza in mice, facemasks and flu transmission, and antigenic and genetic analyses of the new H1N1 influenza virus.
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Progressive vaccinia in a military smallpox vaccinee
Arsenic compromises the immune response to influenza in [...]
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Posted on May 31st, 2009 by weiszdoc
In this blog entry, Dr. Gaston Weisz writes about how spanking has been linked with aggression and anxiety in children. This is no surprise to people who understand how effectively children learn by way of modeling.
This blog post and others related to school psychology, parenting and education as well as links to the school psychology [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2009 by EUSci
Hard to believe that this is our tenth podcast already. If you’ve stuck with us this long, you’ll know that we’ve had quite a variety of shows, interviews, extras and specials already. Today, we revert to our classic format with news, a feature and a EU-What?! segment. However, our feature is a special treat: A [...]
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Posted on May 27th, 2009 by ArmedwScience
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Dr. Connie Schmaljohn, senior scientist at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, discusses research investigating vaccines against two types of hantaviruses, which are known health threats to U.S. troops stationed in Europe and Asia. The research team used small amounts of genetic material, or DNA, from the Hantaan and [...]
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Posted on May 27th, 2009 by naturepodcasts
On this show, transgenic monkeys that not only glow green, but pass on their glow, how to manipulate the quantum world without looking at it, a warning that melting permafrost could become a big source of CO2, and a new approach to the war on cancer.
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Posted on May 27th, 2009 by marcpelletier
Please note: we recorded this about a month prior to the appearance of the swine flu. It is still quite relevant as Dr. Palese talks about the fundamental biology of influenza. Dr. Vincent Racaniello also joined me as a co-host and did a fantastic job! Thanks Vincent!
World leading virologist explains why he revived a virus that [...]
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Posted on May 26th, 2009 by scienceTASTIC
Mix together a heaping portion of science news, a sprinkle of the ridiculous, and a dash of spider weenies and you get episode 018 of scienceTASTIC. Mark hoists a 300 pound foam car at us, Mike exposes dirty dealing in the world of carbon credits (Scientific American, June 2009), and Joe takes us on an [...]
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Posted on May 24th, 2009 by VRacaniello
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dick Despommier, and Raul Andino
Vincent, Alan, Dick, and Raul Andino recorded TWiV live at the ASM General Meeting in Philadelphia, where they discussed increased arterial blood pressure caused by cytomegalovirus infection, restriction of influenza replication at low temperature by the avian viral glycoproteins, first isolation of West Nile virus in [...]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by weiszdoc
An important topic that is full of confusion and misinformation: Psychotherapy and whether it works or not.
Everybody says their psychotherapy model is the best one, so which one is right, if any? Is psychotherapy more than a placebo on a comfortable couch?
There has actually been a considerable amount of research investigating psychotherapy. There have even [...]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by bmhost
We’ve all wondered about the creation of the universe – from the big bang onwards. What next? Is the galaxy going to slow down from the big bang? Will there be multiple big bangs and big crunches? The reality of the matter is astounding. In 1994, Dr Brian Schmidt, along with some colleagues from around [...]
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