Amy Stewart from the University of Ottawa speaks with Dr. Marta Cerruti, a professor in the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University, a prominent figure in the research field of bio-synthetic materials, and the team leader of the Bio-Interface lab. As of today, Dr. Cerruti is the co-director of the McGill Institute for Advanced Materials and an associate member of the Faculty of Dentistry and the Department of Bioengineering. In the Bio Interface lab, her work centers around the incorporation of implants, tissues and drugs into the human body, as well as how minerals such as calcium and magnesium are formed in living organisms that help her address the questions of curing mineral-based diseases. Today, we'll be discussing her work centering around mineral deposits that lead to aortic valve stenosis.

Learn more: https://www.mcgill.ca/materials/marta-cerruti

0:15 l Introduction to BEaTS and Dr. Cerruti
1:25 l What is aortic valve calcification and what are the causes?
2:54 l Are there other minerals that develop in the heart?
3:45 l What are the methods used to view clacium deposits?
7:06 l Differences in calcification between men and women
12:01 l Future research
14:10 l Conclusion
14:45 l Credits

Podcast by Amy Stewart (Show Host), Shikshita Singh (Producer), Minh Tran (Writer Editor), Jade Gamelin Kao (Audio Master).

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