05 December 2019: Genomic sequencing and the source of solar winds
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🗓️ 4 December 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
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In this episode:
00:45 The GenomeAsia 100k project
Researchers have released the first data from an ambitious project to sequence the genomes of 100,000 people from populations across Asia. Research Article: GenomeAsia100K Consortium
08:56 Research Highlights
Bare riverbanks make meanders move, and human activity affects picky penguins. Research Highlight: The meandering rivers that speed across barren landscapes; Research Highlight: Climate change splits two penguin species into winners and losers
11:18 Curbing the rise in genetic surveillance
Concerns are growing around the use of commercial DNA databases for state-level surveillance. Comment: Crack down on genomic surveillance
20:02 News Chat
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has sent back the most detailed information yet about the birthplace of solar wind. News: Sun-bombing spacecraft uncovers secrets of the solar wind
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| 0:00.0 | Nature. |
| 0:04.3 | In a experiment, I don't know yet. |
| 0:06.1 | Why is it like so far? |
| 0:08.0 | Like it sounds so simple. |
| 0:09.3 | They had no idea. |
| 0:10.7 | But now the data's... |
| 0:12.0 | I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding. |
| 0:19.9 | Nature. |
| 0:20.3 | Nature. Nature. |
| 0:21.6 | Nature. |
| 0:22.6 | Welcome back to the Nature podcast. |
| 0:25.6 | This week we're exploring two very different issues surrounding genomic sequencing |
| 0:30.6 | and learning more about NASA's mission to the sun. |
| 0:33.6 | I'm Charmany Bundelle and I'm Benjamin Thompson. |
| 0:51.0 | First up this week, reporter Jeff Marsh has been investigating a project that aims to help even up global genomics. In 2003, when the results of the Human Genome Project were reported in nature, it heralded |
| 0:58.5 | a new era for biology and opened up the possibility of precision medicine, therapeutics |
| 1:03.4 | that could be tailored to an individual's needs based on their particular genetics. |
| 1:08.2 | Since then, hundreds of thousands of genomes have been sequenced and big data holds |
| 1:12.4 | great promise for therapeutics. But up until now, this data has been most useful for a fraction |
| 1:17.7 | of the world's population. Here's nature's editor-in-chief, Magdalena Skipper. |
| 1:22.0 | Traditionally, the focus was very much on individuals of European descent. And in fact, there were studies, |
| 1:30.3 | one of them published in our pages about three years ago, which estimated that as recently as |
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