Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. elegans. The lessons from that discovery, and others, are pointing to how we might one day significantly extend youthful human life. When it comes to aging well, having “good genes” (or rather, mutant ones) is key,Continue reading “What controls aging?”
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A cure for cancer
For decades, researcher Mina Bissell pursued a revolutionary idea — that a cancer cell doesn’t automatically become a tumor, but rather, depends on surrounding cells (its microenvironment) for cues on how to develop. She shares the two key experiments that proved the prevailing wisdom about cancer growth was wrong. Crowdfunding for Motherhealth –> http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/413184/wdgi/3335495
Paul Ewald asks, Can we domesticate germs?
Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald drags us into the sewer to discuss germs. Why are some more harmful than others? How could we make the harmful ones benign? Searching for answers, he examines a disgusting, fascinating case: diarrhea. After years of studying illness from the germs’ point of view, microbiologist Paul Ewald believes that BigContinue reading “Paul Ewald asks, Can we domesticate germs?”
Larry Brilliant wants to stop pandemics
Accepting the 2006 TED Prize, Dr. Larry Brilliant talks about how smallpox was eradicated from the planet, and calls for a new global system that can identify and contain pandemics before they spread. 2006 TED Prize winner Dr. Larry Brilliant has spent his career solving the ills of today — from overseeing the last smallpoxContinue reading “Larry Brilliant wants to stop pandemics”
Nathan Wolfe’s jungle search for viruses
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How bacteria talk
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Good microbes
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Microbes and Immunity
The word ‘microbe’ sounds scary — we associate them with the flu, ebola, flesh-eating disease, you name it. But microbiologist Dr. Jonathan Eisen has given an illuminating TEDTalk that will make you put down the hand sanitizer. As Eisen explains, “We are covered in a cloud of microbes and these microbes actually do us goodContinue reading “Microbes and Immunity”
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Bathing Binky in Spit May Curb Baby’s Allergy Risk
> Parents who suck on their child’s pacifier to clean it may be inadvertently reducing that child’s risk of developing allergies. Note that the findings suggest that the transfer of oral microbes from the parent to the infant could be responsible for modifying the allergy risk, and the make-up of the bacteria in the infants’Continue reading “Bathing Binky in Spit May Curb Baby’s Allergy Risk”