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Episode 7: December 2013

In this episode we hear about drug resistance, severe brain damage, sugar versus sweetener, public goods dilemmas, and the evolution of the machinary that makes proteins in cells.
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Episode 7: December 2013

Chapters

  1. 0:40
    Resistant to change
    Resistance to antimicrobial drugs is not driven solely by the excessive use of these drugs.
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  2. 6:17
    Awakened by a sleeping pill
    Why do some patients with severe brain injury become more alert after treatment with the sleeping pill zolpidem?
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    • Research Article by Shawniqua T Williams, Mary M Conte ... Nicholas D Schiff
    • Insight by Oluwaseun Akeju, Emery N Brown
  3. 11:46
    Life is sweet
    How is the brain able to tell the difference between natural sugar and artificial sweetener?
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    • Research Article by Ana I Domingos, Aylesse Sordillo ... Jeffrey M Friedman
    • Insight by Cristina García-Cáceres, Matthias H Tschöp
  4. 17:21
    Public goods dilemmas
    Mathematical biologists are exploring the origins of cooperation in microbes.
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  5. 22:55
    Change of expression
    Rapid changes in the genes for transfer RNA have been observed in experiments on yeast.
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