Cell Podcast

In this month's Cell Podcast, we cover how a scorpion venom-derived peptide might be used to treat glioma, with Harald Sontheimer (0:00) (Trends in Neurosciences June issue), visualizing the immune system in 3D to monitor inflammation in a whole organism, with Eric Skaar (7:58) (Cell Host and Microbe June 14 issue), and understanding how mothers tolerate the "alien within" during pregnancy, with Alexander Rudensky (14:31) (Cell July 6 issue). Plus, sample a selection of the hottest new papers from Cell Press (22:01).

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn how neglected tropical diseases such as river blindness also have an underappreciated burden of mental health issues, with David Molyneux (0:00) (Trends in Parasitology May Issue), a new approach to treating persistent neuropathic pain using embryonic cell transplants, with Allan Basbaum (7:26) (Neuron May 24 Issue), and why we're celebrating two milestone birthdays in the stem cell field - 10 years of the ISSCR and 5 years of Cell Stem Cell, with Len Zon (14.20) (Cell Stem Cell Anniversary Issue). Plus, sample a selection of the hottest new papers from Cell Press (22:07).

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn how plant defenses have shaped the fussy dining habits of insects, with Anurag Agrawal (0:00) (Trends in Plant Science Special Issue), why after twenty years, John O’Shea is still excited about cytokine signaling, (8:34) (Immunity Special Feature on the JAK-STAT pathway), and why being the right size is a matter of life or death for free-falling rodents, with Andrew Spence (15:15) (Current Biology Special Issue on Size Control). Plus, sample a selection of the hottest new papers from Cell Press (20:46).

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about how cells sense when they're feeling sluggish and need to refuel, with Claudio De Virgilio (0:00) (Bonfils et al. and Han et al.), a eureka moment in the lab becomes a new therapy in the clinic, with Laurie Glimcher (7:16) (Cell Special Issue on Human Diseases), and a shape-shifting enzyme busts blood clots, with James Whisstock (14:12) (Law et al.). Plus, sample a selection of the hottest new papers from Cell Press (22:25).

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about the promises and potential perils of synthetic biology, with Vincent Martin and Tania Bubela (0:00), why sirtuin inhibitors may bring a cure for CML a step closer, with Ravi Bhatia (9:44), and how platelet producing cells avoid the pinch to become polyploid, with Diane Krause (14:56). Plus, sample a selection of the hottest new papers from Cell Press (23:14).

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn how a lucky find in an obscure dental journal inspired the development of ibuprofen, with the drug’s discoverer Stewart Adams (0:00), why we’re still struggling to combat malaria, with Kip Guy (9:29), and how evolution finds multiple routes to the same phenotype, with Chris Marx (18:05). Plus, sample a selection of the hottest new papers from Cell Press (24:44).

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about why structural biologists need no longer fear the membrane, with Doug Rees (Tirado-Lee et al. and Special Reviews Collection) (0:00), why epithelial biology is going 3D (glasses not included), with Ian Macara (McCaffrey et al. and Special Issue of Trends in Cell Biology) (8:42), and how sperm cells get their epigenetic message across, with Philippe Collas (Lindemann et al.) (13:54).

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about what mouse whiskers can tell us about how we perceive the world through touch, with David Kleinfield (0:00), how to stimulate heart repair by rewinding cardiomyocyte differentiation, with Thomas Braun (8:20), and a new strategy to stay one step ahead of the influenza virus, with Patrick Wilson (13:58).

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn how to tune the intestinal immune system with microbial cocktails, with Dan Littman (0:00) (Sczesnak et al.), why there's more to DNA methylation than CpG islands in the hematopoietic system, with Greg Hannon (9:35) (Hodges et al.), where modern humans interbred with their ancient hominin cousins on the journey out of Africa, with Mark Stoneking (15:51) (Reich et al.), and whether humans are better team players than chimpanzees, with Daniel Haun (21:15) (Rekers et al.).

In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about the challenges of applying genetics to human mental health, with Trevor Robbins (0:00), a game of vesicular cat and mouse between bacterial lipids and the immune system, with Michael Brenner (10:48), and the shifting identities of stem-like cells in breast cancer, with Eric Lander (17:18).