Cell Podcast

Dr. Emilie Marcus talks with two of this year's Nobel Laureates, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn and Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan about their groundbreaking research on telomeres (1:04) and the ribosome (14:29), respectively. Learn about the connection between two major molecular players in Alzheimer's disease (29:15).

Learn about two new studies identifying a protein complex that helps with intracellular membrane trafficking (start 0:47) and hear how a key cell-cycle regulator that is overexpressed in breast cancer cells is itself regulated (9:35).

Learn about a clever way that the influenza virus outwits the host immune system (start 0:47), hear why our ancestors abandoned hunting and fishing and took up farming instead (8:55), and discover what fruit fly memories are really made of (start 13:05).

Unravel the enduring mysteries of why we sleep (start 0:52), learn about the regulation of clock genes and circadian rhythms (9:45), and hear about a study that identifies rare variants associated with breast cancer risk (start 15:42).

Learn about an X chromosome variant that protects against the progression of AIDS (start 0:50), hear about a microRNA that is decreased in both normal and cancer stem cells (start 8:08), and learn about migrating cells in the worm embryo (start 17:08).

Learn how cancer cells evade detection by macrophages (start 0:46), hear about a screen for genes that keep the genome stable (start 10:37) and new therapeutic targets for treating tuberculosis (start 16:12).

Learn how stem cells can repair damaged lung tissue (start 1:04), how delivery of a microRNA to liver tumors in mice halts tumor growth (start 10:25), and why RNA could be a useful drug target (start 18:41).

Learn how bladder epithelium regenerates after infection (0:53) and which amino acids are involved in developing insulin resistance (9:50). Hear the latest news about regulatory T cells (14:37).

Learn about a microRNA that confers robustness on the pathways regulating fly development (start 0:50), the cytokine interleukin-1 which acts as a key player in the production of Th17 cells (start 10:23) and using stem cell therapy to treat heart disease (start 15:22).

Learn about an unexpected pro-apoptotic role for the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor (start 1:22), a cytoplasmic filter in neurons (start 9:35) and an intricate molecular interaction that underpins the oxidative stress response in yeast (start 17:13).