In this episode, the team discuss the omnipresent technology of next-generation sequencing (NGS), which has seen the cost of sequencing a human genome go from $100 million to under $1000 in just two decades. We hear from the European Bioinformatics Institute’s Dr Alex Almeida, who uses NGS techniques to examine the human microbiome. We also investigate the future of NGS and ask what will happen when we have sequenced absolutely everything?
Episode 11: Biohacking: DIY Gene Editing, Fluorescent Beer and COVID-19
Episode 10: COVID-19 Vaccines: Three Leading Candidates, Assessed
Episode 9: The Ethics of Genetics Testing: “Duty of Care”, Consent and Data Security
Episode 8: Personalized Medicine: Cancer, Neuroscience and Genetic Data
Episode 7: The Vagus Nerve: A Target to Treat Brain and Body?
Episode 6: COVID-19: Repurposing Drugs, Hydroxychloroquine and Clinical Trials
Episode 5: The Placebo Effect: Phantom Surgery, Alternative Medicine and the Big Bad Nocebo
Episode 4: Food Fraud: Fake Wine, Poisonous Milk and Horse Lasagna
Episode 3: The Microbiome: Gut-Brain Connections and "Poo Pills"
Episode 2: Psychedelic Drugs: Ketamine for Depression, Party Octopuses and Stoned Dolphins
Science Aloud: Preprint Describes Human Monoclonal Antibody That Blocks SARS-CoV-2
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