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Cell Podcast

Cell (www.cell.com) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing the most interesting discoveries in biolog

Episodes

Total: 121

December 2009: Interviews with this year's Nobel Laureates, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn and Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan

2009/12/10

Dr. Emilie Marcus talks with two of this year's Nobel Laureates, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn and Dr.

November 2009: Membrane trafficking in cells and regulation in breast cancer cells

2009/11/19

Learn about two new studies identifying a protein complex that helps with intracellular membrane tra

October 2009: How the influenza virus outwits the host immune system, why our ancestors took up farming, and what fruit fly memories are really made of

2009/10/22

Learn about a clever way that the influenza virus outwits the host immune system (start 0:47), hear

September 2009: The mysteries of sleep, the regulation of clock genes and circadian rhythms, and breast cancer risks

2009/9/24

Unravel the enduring mysteries of why we sleep (start 0:52), learn about the regulation of clock gen

August 2009: An X-chromosome variant that protects against AIDS progression, a microRNA linking normal and cancer stem cells, and how cells move in the worm embryo

2009/8/27

Learn about an X chromosome variant that protects against the progression of AIDS (start 0:50), hear

July 2009: How cancer cells evade detection, genes that keep the genome stable, and new therapeutic targets fortreating tuberculosis

2009/7/30

Learn how cancer cells evade detection by macrophages (start 0:46), hear about a screen for genes th

June 2009: Repairing damaged lung tissue, halting liver tumor growth, and RNA as a drug target

2009/6/18

Learn how stem cells can repair damaged lung tissue (start 1:04), how delivery of a microRNA to live

May 2009: Regulatory T cells, developing insulin resistance associated with obesity, and bladder epithelium regeneration after infection with e. coli

2009/5/21

Learn how bladder epithelium regenerates after infection (0:53) and which amino acids are involved i

April 2009: Using stem cell therapy to treat heart disease, a key player in the production of Th17 cells, and a microRNA's role in regulating fly development

2009/4/23

Learn about a microRNA that confers robustness on the pathways regulating fly development (start 0:5

March 2009: An unexpected pro-apoptotic role for the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor, a cytoplasmic filter in neurons, and a mechanism involved in the oxidative stress response in yeast

2009/3/26

Learn about an unexpected pro-apoptotic role for the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor (start 1:22), a

February 2009: Melanoma cells eluding signals from a key growth control pathway, how to reprogram cells back to a pluripotent state, and variations in human genes contributing to evolution

2009/2/26

Hear about a new study that reveals how human melanoma cells elude signals from a key growth control

January 2009: Counteracting climate change with glossy crop leaves, leaky nuclei in aging cells, and how the body keeps cholesterol in check

2009/1/29

Hear about a new study that reveals how aging cells end up with leaky nuclei and how the glossy leav

December 2008: Looking at gene expressions in the brain, the misclassification of the Hawaiian honeyeater, and mutations involved in Diamond-Blackfan anemia

2008/12/11

Hear about "TRAP," a new technique for looking at gene expression in the brain and the cur

September 2008: A hormone to keep you thin, using dendritic cells to make better vaccines, and how your brain responds to fearful memories

2008/9/18

Hear about a lipid hormone made by fat that can keep you thin, and learn from the immunologist who d

June 2008: Stem cell therapy for shiverer mice, a hormone that conserves energy during starvation, and the inner workings of a calcium ion sensor

2008/6/26

Hear about a study that brings us a step closer to treating neurological diseases with stem cell the

April 2008: Reprogramming immune B cells, deadly brain tumors, and the insidious pathogen that causes tuberculosis

2008/4/17

Hear about reprogramming the body's immune B cells and also what makes brain tumors so deadly. D

December 2007: An immune molecule that works in the nervous system and a gene important for pigmentation in fish and humans

2007/12/20

Dr Ben Barres talks about about a molecule in the immune system that is important for eliminating sy