Trouble Helix

Trouble Helix

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  • Bellies, Brains, and Bacteria

    How does our stomach tell our brain we're full? How does our brain tell our gut to contract?

    Molecules, of course! Learn the methods our bodies use to transmit info along the gut-brain axis, and how our bacteria friends can significantly help or hinder our health!

    Explore why obesity and/or depression can occur when all these moving parts stop playing nice.

    VIDEO VERSION: COMING SOON!

    SOURCES: https://sites.google.com/view/troublehelix/podcast-sources/gut-brain-axis?authuser=1

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    49 min
  • Salt Wasting and Sex Reversal

    This Molecular Mishap causes a lot of TROUBLE.

    What happens when just ONE enzyme is missing in our bodies? In this case, 21-hydroxylase deficiency causes Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH).

    From genetic blunder, to out-of-control 'roids, to treatment, a lot of bases are covered. And a lot of things go wrong if our bodies can't make even one important protein.

    VIDEO VERSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zQdzpyW9rc&list=PLPe7UM9zqnyKyNhlOeu0PYO537s_cJZM6

    SOURCES: https://sites.google.com/view/troublehelix/podcast-sources/cah-sources-podcast?authuser=0

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    43 min

About Trouble Helix

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LET'S GET INTO SOME TROUBLE!

DELVE INTO the mysterious molecules that are critical for our survival!

LEARN ABOUT the mechanisms that keep us alive and the diseases that are sometimes…