Podcast: Taking race out of genetics, a cellular cleanse for longer life, and smart sweatbands

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Science Podcast

News, News Commentary, Science

4.3 • 842 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Online news editor David Grimm shares stories on killing cells to lengthen life, getting mom’s microbes after a C-section, and an advanced fitness tracker that sits on the wrist and sips sweat. Michael Yudell joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss an initiative to replace race in genetics with more biologically meaningful terms, and Lena Wilfert talks about drivers of the global spread of the bee-killing deformed wing virus. [Image: Vipin Baliga/(CC BY 2.0)] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	I'm Sarah Crespi.
0:48.4	In this week's show, Michael Udell discusses removing race from genetics research.
0:53.3	Lena Wilford talks about the role of a mite
0:55.6	and a virus in the disruption of bee populations around the world. And of course, Dave Graham is back
1:01.2	with the latest from our online daily news site. Support for the Science podcast is provided by AAAS, the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
1:18.5	Now we have David Grimm, editor for our daily news site.
1:21.9	He's here to talk about some recent online stories.
1:24.4	I'm Sarah Crespi.
1:25.8	First up, we have a story on killing off stagnant cells.
1:28.9	Are you carrying too much cellular baggage? Do you just have too many loafing cells hanging around,
1:36.2	doing nothing? Do you need a cellular cleanse? That's what researchers in this latest study
1:43.6	were asking, probably in a much more serious way,
1:46.9	and they're targeting senescent cells, Dave. What are those?
1:50.8	Well, these are cells that sort of have reached the end of their useful life.
1:54.4	They have some DNA damage, maybe other types of stress.
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