Nov 25

Could Mental Workouts Keep Your Brain Young? | NPR’s Short Wave

Today, we’re featuring an episode from NPR’s science podcast Short Wave. In it, host Regina G. Barber talks to NPR brain correspondent Jon Hamilton about MENTAL EXERCISES.  Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost lev ... Show More

11m 42s

Nov 18

Interview: What happens in your brain when you pay attention? with Dr. Sasha Hamdani

Attention isn't just about what we focus on -- it's also about what our brains filter out. By investigating patterns in the brain as people try to focus, computational neuroscientist Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar hopes to build computer models that can be used to treat ADHD and hel ... Show More

34m 56s

Nov 11

Mark Cuban and Dr. Fumiko Chino Try to F-Up Healthcare | from Before We Go

Today’s episode features two people who are shaking up the U.S. healthcare system in very different but deeply humane ways. Dr. Fumiko Chino knows firsthand how devastating medical debt can be. After losing her husband to cancer and being left with overwhelming bills, she went to ... Show More

41m 54s

Sep 2023

The world's rarest diseases — and how they impact everyone | Anna Greka

Physician-scientist Anna Greka investigates the world's rarest genetic diseases, decoding the secrets of our cells through "molecular detective work." She explains how her team is using new, advanced technology to solve decades-old medical mysteries — and shows how this work c ... Show More

12m 39s

Jun 2023

A world of information in a single cell

Imagine being able to explore the fascinating world of individual cells and their genomic makeup, to unravel the mysteries hidden within our cells and to uncover the intricate mechanisms that cause disease. Today we meet Professor Joseph Powell, a cellular genomic scientist worki ... Show More

18m 51s

Mar 2021

Solving Medical Mysteries in the World of Rare Disease

In this conversation, Stanford Professor Euan Ashley—geneticist, cardiologist, author of the new book, The Genome Odyssey, and first co-chair of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network—talks with Bio Eats World host Hanne Winarsky about one of the first places that genomic sequencing be ... Show More

38m 40s

Sep 2021

She leads genes, cells, and molecules into battle against rare childhood diseases

Tenured Professor of Pediatric Neurology and Neurogenetics Rose Mary Boustani has spent decades at AUB and Duke University tracking down the individual molecules, genes, and cells that cause rare childhood and adolescent diseases that had long been seen as incurable. She explains ... Show More

25m 36s

Mar 2023

Julie Williams on Alzheimer’s disease

There are almost a million people in the UK living with dementia, and Alzheimer’s is the most common form. But the disease actually starts long before any noticeable symptoms appear, and over the past decade, studies have shown that it is much more complex than previously thought ... Show More

28m 21s

Apr 2024

From Theory to Therapy: The Evolution of AI in Medicine with Dr. Daphne Koller

In this episode of the AI Grand Rounds podcast, <a href='https://www.insitro.com/leadership/daphne-koller/'>Dr. Daphne Koller</a> charts her professional trajectory, tracing her early fascination with computers to her influential role in AI and health care. Initially intrigued ... Show More

1h 4m

Jan 2024

Ep 132 Osteogenesis Imperfecta: All bones about it

Often, the more we learn about a disease, the more we learn about ourselves and the world around us. The story of the genetic disorder osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), colloquially known as brittle bone disease, illustrates this perfectly. As researchers continue to uncover the m ... Show More

1h 25m

Jun 2023

Can AI Be Harmful? A Conversation with MIT’s Dr. Marzyeh Ghassemi

<a href='https://www.csail.mit.edu/person/marzyeh-ghassemi'>Dr. Marzyeh Ghassemi</a> has been at the forefront of medical machine learning for several years. In this episode, she describes her group’s work and her perspectives on developing and applying machine learning to und ... Show More

1h 11m

Oct 2021

Doctors Reveal How They Healed Their Autoimmune Disease

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens. As a whole, autoimmune disease affects over 80 million Americans and five percent of the population in Western countries. They include type 1 diabetes, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, colitis, Cro ... Show More

1h 27m

Dec 2022

Dr. Euan Ashley on AI, Genomics, and Cardiology

<a href='https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/euan-ashley'>Dr. Euan Ashley</a> is a pioneer. In 2010, he led the team that conducted the first clinical interpretation of a human genome, and he holds the record for the world’s fastest genomic diagnosis. He even has a Guinness Worl ... Show More

54m 57s

The world's rarest diseases — and how th...