Bio Radio News is a spin-off on the Bio Radio podcast, which addresses news in the life sciences in an easily digestible way. Bio Radio News sends out a podcast once a week with the latest updates on Covid-19 and SARS-CoV2. The broadcast is made by Kim Blanksø Pedersen, who is a senior lecturer in the biotechnology engineering program at University College Absalon. Bio Radio News er et spin-off på podcasten Bio Radio, der behandler nyheder inden for natur- og biovidenskab i en letfordøjelig ...
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This is the last Covid 19/SARS-CoV 2 podcast before the summer vacation. Listen and learn more about differentiated expression of the ACE2 gene gives different disease outcomes. A new version of SARS- CoV2 has emerged. It is not surprisingly more infectious. On the other hand it does not not seem to be more pathogenic. It is getting better and bett…
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The week 25 podcast highlights are: The new old drug against Covid 19. The elevated risk of having blodclots when infected with SARS-CoV2. New Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) shows areas in the humane genome that have an impact on the disease outcome. Finally a little on how the epidemic is progressing in Denmark…
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Listen to this weeks update on the SARS-CoV2/Covid-19 situation and learn more about a new and apparently efficient vaccine being developed in Denmark. In this part I say GMP means Good Manufacturing Process - it is Good Manufacturing Practise! Next part is about exome sequencing and machine learning. There is a part about how the pandemic is ragin…
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Today about a new study, that sheds new light on the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus. What is a superspreader and why does that seem to be an important factor in the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the pandemic it has been observed that more men than women are infected and with a worse outcome. Some of the difference can be explained by the…
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In this weeks podcast is a follow up on the first results from 3 different vaccine trials. Kawasaki syndrome is seen more often in areas with Covid-19 clusters. Here in Denmark we have seen a dramatic drop of something more than 90% of babies born before 28 weeks of preganacy. Finally we are now more than two weeks into the reopening. What are the …
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A week with a lot of good news in the Covid-19/SARS CoV2 pandemic. The antiviral drug Remdesivir seems to have a quite signifikant positive effect on the mortality if it is given in time. There also seems to be a beneficial effect of giving Inter Leukin 76 (IL-7) to patients. Tests will start to see if the Calmette tuberculosis vaccine will have a …
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Listen and hear about CRISPR used in diagnostics. Children do not get Covid-19 very often but do they spread the disease? A story about where the virus comes from and why there are so many viruses i bats. Finally Denmark passed a milestone in the epidemic.Af Bio Radio
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In this update for week 19 we are covering the following subjects. There is a promising study, which shows a Monoclonal Antibody (MAB) that seems to neutralize SARS-CoV2. They have found a new Patient Zero in France who had the disease in December. This despite that the epidemic in France started in late January. Can you monitor the pandemic by seq…
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This weeks pod deals with the fact that men are seen more frequently at ICU's, in the ventilators and die more often of Covid-19 than women. Another story is that it seems the antiviral drug, Remdesivir, works. Finally a story about vaccines. What are the different types and what are the problems we might have when the vaccine is there.…
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In this weeks update you can hear about the adaptive immune response to SARs-CoV 2. You will hear the explanation how a lasting immunity can be created . We all hope this is the case for SARS-CoV2 but nobody knows for sure yet. There is a story about the SARS-CoV 2 receptor called ACE 2 and the possible impact genetic variation and expression varia…
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The weekly update pod on Covid-19/SARS-CoV2. Listen and hear more about the diverging theories on SARS-CoV2's origin. See the phylogenetic reconstruction of the Covid-19 pandemic here: https://nextstrain.org/ncov/global The SARS-CoV2 receptor and why patients get different symptoms. Children have a much milder disease progression, and Denmark conti…
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The Weekly update on Covid-19 and SARS-CoV2. This week you can hear about the possible importance of bloodtypes, why you should keep your cat indoors, and a littel about Denmark reopening again.Af Bio Radio
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The week 14 pod about Covid-19 and SARS Cov2. We pass 1 million confirmed Covid 19 cases. Good news is that fewer will die from airpollution and that soap is fantastic at inactivating virus. Else we will cover where SARS-CoV2 come from. An old form for treatment will start being tested in New YorkAf Bio Radio
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This weeks pod about Covid-19 and SARS Cov2. Hear about the disease and the immune response. We will also cover possible new treatments, genetic variation in SARS Cov2 and will the virus be gone when the summer comesAf Bio Radio
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This a new pod. Here is the weekly update on the Coronavirus pandemic. This pod primarily deals with the scientific discoveries and observations regarding this virusAf Bio Radio
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I dag hele 3 nyheder. Fejl i mitokondrieDNA ser ud til at kunne forklare en del af forekomsten af autisme. Niacin også kendt som B3 vitamin kan hæmme aldringsprocesserne. Endelig viser et statistisk stude at vi kan blive max 115 år gamle.Af Bio Radio
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Forlænget overlevelse efter ovariecancer og træning i højderne
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Hør om en ny behandling, der forlænger levetiden for kvinder med ovariecancer, og om hvorfor vores kroppe kan huske, at vi har været oppe i bjergene. Artikel 1: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1611310#t=articleDiscussion Artikel 2: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00733Af Bio Radio
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Behandling af seglcelleanæmi og hjernecelletransplantation
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Hør om, hvordan CRISPR/Cas9 kan bruges til behandling af seglcelleanæmi og få forklaringen og anvendeligheden af det meget lange ord: hjernecelletransplantation Artikel 1 her: Artikel 2 her: http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms11758Af Bio Radio
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1: Ny metode til indsamling af blodprøver til doping tests http://clinchem.aaccjnls.org/content/62/10/1353 2: NASA har udført en succesfuld DNA sekvensering i rummet http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/dna_sequencingAf Bio Radio
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Børn med tre forældre og en nobelpris
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1: hør om et af de første barn med DNA fra tre forældre http://europe.newsweek.com/worlds-first-baby-born-three-biological-parents-503438?rm=eu 2: en lille historie om dette års nobel pris vinder i fysiologi eller medicin http://www.nature.com/news/medicine-nobel-for-research-on-how-cells-eat-themselves-1.20721…
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Hænger motion og cancer sammen? Og har vi fundet en ny kur mod Alzheimers?
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I denne omgang Bio Radio News har vi breaking news; nemlig en mulig kur mod Alzheimers. Dertil kan vi også fortælle om motion som forebyggelse for cancer.Af Bio Radio
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Din døgnrytme og bakterier i tarmen
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I denne omgang af Bio Radio News snakker vi om betydningen af ens døgnrytme for virusinfektioner og om tarmbakterierne kan ændre sig på 48 timer ved at spise grøntsager.Af Bio Radio
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Baron eller ej? Og rotter der snakker i mobiltelefon
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Kan man gå tilbage i tiden for at finde ud af, om vi har de rette baroner eller ej? Og er mobilstråling egentlig farligt? Få svar på disse spørgsmål i denne omgang Bio Radio NewsAf Bio Radio
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1. del: hvorfor skal du ikke holde kat? 2. del: du spilder dine penge på dyre bakterierAf Bio Radio
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Patient zero og det at være småtyk
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1. del: Patient zero no more 2. del: Det er godt at være småtyk - eller er det?Af Bio Radio
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