Scientists are reinventing ways that bacteria can be beneficial for human health. Watch this video to learn more about how bacteria may be a next generation medicine using an example of people with phenylketonuria, a metabolic disorder that makes it difficult for people to digest a particular amino acid. References: Synlogic Therapeutics Isabella et al….
The Science-Policy Cycle: Managing the threat of antibiotic resistance
What do antibiotics do? What’s all the fuss about antibiotic resistance? Is it really a problem? In this video, we use the example of antibiotic resistance to learn how science can inform policy and guide future treatments. This video was produced with the Science Policy Group at UCSF.
Funding Basic Science to Revolutionize Medicine
Youreka Science Founder Wins FASEB “Stand Up For Science” Video Contest and DeBakey Science Journalism Award for best viral video! Learn how the simple biological finding that bacteria can cut DNA lead to a scientific revolution that is now used in thousands of labs around the world and in the production of insulin for diabetic…
We Are Not Alone: How the Human “Planet” Is Colonized and a Microbiome Is Built
The gut microbiome is an emerging field that has been linked to many diseases and conditions affecting each and everyone of us from metabolism to neurological diseases! Have you ever wondered what all the fuss is about when it comes to the gut microbiome? Well now is your chance to find out. Learn where the…
HIV/AIDS: How Everyone Benefits From Undetectable Viral Load
Suppressing the HIV virus to “undetectable” levels has long played a key role in maintaining the health of people with HIV—and recent research shows it can also dramatically cut HIV transmission risk, with implications for individuals, couples, and populations. Find out how and get the facts in this video. This video was produced in collaboration…
Because You Care About Me
Antibiotic resistance in GCC countries. Because of broad use of antibiotics, bacteria are turning into superbugs! These superbugs are especially prevalent in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Professor David Paterson of UQCCR is leading with his group the first Gulf Cooperation Council-wide network of collaborating hospitals and institutes to study superbugs in the region. Find…
Sinus Microbiome Loses Diversity, That Snot Good
Learn about how the diversity of your microbiome can affect your health in this interesting study of chronic sinusitis. In collaboration with Carry The One Radio, listen to an interview with Dr. Susan Lynch! Original Article: Sinus Microbiome Diversity Depletion and Corynebacterium Tuberculostearicum Enrichment Mediates Rhinosinusitis. Abreu, Nagalingam et al. Science Translational Medicine, 2012. 4,…