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This Genetics in Medicine podcast discusses the following article:

Prenatal exome sequencing in anomalous fetuses: new opportunities and challenges

https://www.nature.com/gim/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/gim201733a.html

This Genetics in Medicine podcast discusses the following article:

Whole-exome sequencing on deceased fetuses with ultrasound anomalies: expanding our knowledge of genetic disease during fetal development

https://www.nature.com/gim/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/gim201731a.html

Discussion on these articles:

Contrasting patterns of population structure and gene flow facilitate exploration of connectivity in two widely distributed temperate octocorals

https://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/hdy201714a.html

Air-borne genotype by genotype indirect genetic effects are substantial in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans

https://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/hdy20179a.html

This month, discussion on:

Genetically diverse newts

https://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v118/n5/full/hdy2016123a.html

Bt toxin resistant moths

https://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v118/n4/full/hdy2016104a.html

How fruit fly genes can influence their social experiences

https://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v118/n4/full/hdy2016101a.html

How birch trees might be taking a leaf out of the bacterial book to fight off toxic metals

https://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v118/n4/full/hdy2016106a.html

The gateway hypothesis, that early use of drugs such as tobacco, alcohol, or marijuana during adolescence progresses to harder drugs such as cocaine and heroin, was first proposed in the 1970s. In a recent publication of the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, Yasmin Hurd, Professor of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai, co-authored a commentary evaluating the research to date that either supports or challenges the gateway hypothesis. Listen to the latest BrainPod, Neuropsychopharmacology's official podcast, to hear more from Dr. Hurd!

Article: https://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v42/n5/full/npp2016279a.html

The National Institutes of Health recently published a statement requiring sex as a biological variable in studies. This is in part simply because it's good science, and in part to correct for decades in which both animal and human studies were largely conducted with male subjects. In their review paper responding to this statement, Dr. Tracy Bale and Dr. Neill Epperson discuss how sex has a direct impact on brain development, and how it results in a sexually dimorphic brain: meaning there are physical differences between males and females. Listen to the latest BrainPod, Neuropsychopharmacology's official podcast, to hear Dr. Bale and Dr. Epperson discuss this topic!

Article: http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v42/n2/full/npp2016215a.html

The 2017 issue of Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews, "The Immunology of Behavior—focuses on the growing appreciation of the immune system in understanding brain and health illness.

This podcast synthesizes this year's issue, which showcases a wide range of reviews about the relationship between immunology and brain and health illness, demonstrating how advances in our understanding of immunology have led to novel insights into psychiatric illnesses and their treatment. Hear more from Andrew H Miller, Ebrahim Haroon, and Jennifer C Felger, the editors of this NPPR issue!

Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews: http://www.nature.com/nppr/index.html

LSD is not only a well-known psychedelic drug, but it was also studied extensively for its potential in psychotherapy in the early days of its use, about fifty years ago. Those early studies didn't necessarily meet today's standards for clinical trials, and previous research ended in the 1970s, due to changing regulations and a prohibition against LSD. Today, LSD is once again being studied for its therapeutic use, this time in a carefully controlled clinical setting. In a recent study, a team of researchers investigated LSD's effects on fear recognition, emotional empathy, and sociality. Listen to the latest BrainPod, Neuropsychopharmacology's official podcast, to hear Dr. Matthias Liechti discuss this study!

This Genetics in Medicine podcast discusses the following article:

The clinical utility of DNA-based screening for fetal aneuploidy by primary obstetrical care providers in the general pregnancy population

https://www.nature.com/gim/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/gim2016194a.html