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Episode 3: August 2013

In this episode we hear about the cocktail party effect, the role of psuedogene RNA in the immune response, the genetic origins of a common form of blindness, the flu vaccine, and the origins of schistosomiasis.
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.
    This chapter is based on the following content
    • Research Article by Sundeep Teki, Maria Chait ... Timothy D Griffiths
    • Insight by Andrew R Dykstra, Alexander Gutschalk
  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.
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  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.
    This chapter is based on the following content
    • Research Article by Budd A Tucker, Robert F Mullins ... Edwin M Stone
    • Insight by Jeannette L Bennicelli, Jean Bennett
  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.
    This chapter is based on the following content
    • Research Article by Luis M Franco, Kristine L Bucasas ... Chad A Shaw
    • Insight by Pedro G Ferreira, Emmanouil T Dermitzakis
  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.
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