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Episode 37: March 2017

In this episode we hear about helping people with paralysis to communicate, how exposing mice to nicotine can affect their sons, scaffold-building parasites, the origins of handedness and plain-language summaries of research.
Episode 37: March 2017

Chapters

  1. 0:33
    Brain power
    Sensors on the surface of the brain help paralysed people to communicate.
    This chapter is based on the following content
    • Research Article by Chethan Pandarinath, Paul Nuyujukian ... Jaimie M Henderson
  2. 6:21
    Like father, like son
    Exposing male mice to nicotine can make their sons more resistant to nicotine and other drugs.
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  3. 12:26
    Combatting toxoplasmosis
    A parasite called Toxoplasma gondii builds a scaffold inside human and other animal cells to help it multiply and cause disease.
    This chapter is based on the following content
  4. 17:52
    Left or right?
    Handedness has its origins in the spinal cord.
    This chapter is based on the following content
    • Research Article by Sebastian Ocklenburg, Judith Schmitz ... Onur Güntürkün
  5. 23:14
    Spread the word
    Plain-language summaries are making research more accessible to broader audiences.