Science (Video)

Language co-evolved with the human brain throughout the evolution of Homo sapiens. Paula Tallal (Salk Institute) focuses on longitudinal studies that show that the efficiency with which foundational capacities for acquiring language operate, particularly critical auditory processes, determines individual differences in the proficiency of spoken language learning. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35287]

This CARTA symposium addresses the influences of environment and culture on the emergence of the human mind. Danielle Stolzenberg (UC Davis) Where is My Mother? Uncovering Mechanisms of Neglect in the Maternal Brain; Marcus Pembrey (University of Bristol) Deprivation of Nutrition as a Factor in Human Cognitive Evolution; Bruce McEwen (Rockefeller University) The Resilient Brain: Epigenetics, Stress, and the Lifecourse. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35283]

This CARTA symposium addresses the influences of environment and culture on the emergence of the human mind. Douglas Candland (Bucknell University) Feral Children: Two Living Examples and a Little Neurology; Elissa Newport (Georgetown University) Maturational Constraints on Learning; Paula Tallal (Salk Institute) Individual Differences in Language Development and Disorders. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35281]

Ajit Varki presents fascinating historical background on efforts to understand the acquisition of language via some very questionable means - and provides commentary on the ethics of such excessive practices. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35317]

In the United States, privacy is considered a fundamental right. Yet today our activities are followed to a degree unfathomable not long ago by way of cell phones, online behaviors, and more. As genomic technologies continue to expand, another avenue now exists by which we may potentially be scrutinized: DNA sequence. Our genetic information contains our most private details, but we leave it everywhere and share the sequence closely with dozens or even hundreds of relatives. Laura Rivard, PhD, professor of biology at the University of San Diego, discusses ways in which our DNA may "escape" from our control, what can actually be done with the sequence, and whether there is cause for concern. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 34998]

Over millions of years of evolution, organisms on earth have developed and perfected complex adaptations that allow them to survive and eventually thrive under specific environmental conditions. Dimitri Deheyn unveils how his laboratory is working to understand and replicate these highly refined biological properties for development of sustainable and economically valuable technologies. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Science] [Show ID: 35177]

At the CSE Celebration of Diversity, attendees were invited to participate in a Red Chair Event, which is part of the National Center for Women in Technology’s SitWithMe campaign. Dozens of people sat down in a red chair to say a few words about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Through this symbolic gesture, they took a stand for diversity, equity and inclusion in Computer Science & Engineering and beyond. Series: "Computer Science Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 34529]

Natural Killer - or NK - cells are one of our immune systems most potent defenses, able to attack viral infections and destroy cells that exhibit tumorigenic characteristics. UC San Diego physician Dr. Dan Kaufman, who has specialized in treating blood cancers for over 20 years now leads a research group at the UC San Diego Stem Cell program that is using induced pluripotent stem cells to generate NK cells that are targeted to destroy cancer cells. With the goal of providing safer, more effective, off-the-shelf cancer immunotherapies, the methods his lab has developed are being employed in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial anywhere in the world being conducted at the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.

Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 34875]

La primera línea de defensa que usan nuestros cuerpos para combatir a los invasores extranjeros es nuestro asesino natural - o células NK. Dan Kaufman de la UC San Diego está utilizando nuevas tecnologías regenerativas con células madre pluripotentes inducidas para crear células NK utilizadas por Sandip Patel de Fate Therapeutics y Moores Cancer Center en un primer ensayo clínico en los Estados Unidos que usa células madre pluripotentes inducidas como tratamiento para destruir células cancerosas de tumores específicos. Series: "El Canal de Células Madre" [Science] [Spanish Language] [Show ID: 35157]

A primeira linha de defesa que nosso corpo usa para combater invasores são nossos matadores naturais – ou células matadoras naturas [células MN). Dan Kaufman, da UC em San Diego está utilizando novas tecnologias regenerativas com células-tronco pluripotentes induzidas para criar células MN usadas por Sandip Patel da Fate Therapeutics e Moores Cancer Center em um primeiro ensaio clínico americano usando células-tronco pluripotentes induzidas como um tratamento para destruir tumores cancerígenos específicos.

Series: "O Canal de Células-Tronco" [Science] [Spanish Language] [Show ID: 35158]