The environmental toll of war in Ukraine, and communications between mom and fetus during childbirth

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🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Assessing environmental damage during wartime, and tracking signaling between fetus and mother First up, freelance journalist Richard Stone returns with news from his latest trip to Ukraine. This week, he shares stories with host Sarah Crespi about environmental damage from the war, particularly the grave consequences of the Kakhovka Dam explosion. Next, producer Kevin McLean talks with researcher Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, a professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology and pathology and immunology in the Center for Reproductive Health Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The two discuss signaling between fetus and mother during childbirth and how understanding this crosstalk may one day help predict premature labor. Finally, in a sponsored segment from the Science/AAAS Custom Publishing Office, Erika Berg, director and senior editor for the Custom Publishing Office, interviews Andrew Pospisilik, chair and professor of epigenetics at the Van Andel Institute, about his research into how epigenetics stabilizes particular gene expression patterns and how those patterns affect our risk for disease. This segment is sponsored by the Van Andel Institute. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. About the Science Podcast Authors: Sarah Crespi; Kevin McLean; Rich Stone Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.z5jiifi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:22.1	This is a science podcast for January 12th, 2024. I'm Sarah Crespi.
1:30.6	First up, we have journalist Rich Stone. He's back with news from his latest trip to Ukraine. This week, he shares stories about environmental
1:35.4	damage from the war, particularly the grave consequences of a dam explosion. Next on the show,
1:41.5	producer Kevin McLean talks with researcher Nardi Gomez-Lopez about signaling
1:46.3	between fetus and mother during childbirth and how understanding this cross-talk might one
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