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Episode 18 – More cow... sirens? Feb 25, 2016

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In this episode, we talk about the innate immune system's Trojan cow strategy - using a cyclic dinucleotide as a signaling molecule means that viruses can package the seeds of their own destruction.
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Episode 17 - When your immune system is all up in it Jan 28, 2016

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In this episode we talk about lymphatics in the brain and why that's both obvious and not obvious. Meanwhile, Kate drinks disgusting smoothies and Kevin triggers Matt with a trigger warning.
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Episode 16 – Jimmy Carter's Brain on Drugs Jan 13, 2016

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In this episode, Matt and Kevin discuss checkpoint blockade cancer immunotherapy (wow, that's a mouthful). When cancer stamps down the breaks of the immune system, cutting the break line can allow T-cells to do their job.
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Episode 15 - The other DRACO Dec 21, 2015

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This week, we're discussing DRACOs - not the Harry Potter character, a "new" class of antiviral therapeutics that links up the double-stranded RNA-binding part of one protein to the cell-death (apoPtosis)-activating part of a different protein.
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Episode 14 – Matt got married, and we're talking about pregnancy Dec 09, 2015

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In this episode, we're talking about the placental microbiome - that is, the bacteria that hang around a developing fetus in the womb. Wait, there are bacteria hanging around a developing fetus? Apparently!
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Episode 13 - GATACA Oct 01, 2015

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In this episode, we discuss the moral implications of doing experiments on babies without brains, and editing the genomes of unborn humans. I reveal my nature as a moral monster, and Kate can't resist bringing up Kim Kardashian's artificial selection of her own offspring.
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Episode 12 – Bee pollen is one of those hippy things Apr 16, 2015

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To celebrate the return of the warm(ish) weather, we discuss a paper looking at immune responses to bee venom, and the underlying causes of environmental allergy.
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Episode 11 - No, Not Seminol Mar 11, 2015

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A discussion about sCD38, a molecule that's secreted in mouse and human sperm,
and may play a role in suppressing a mother's immune response to a new fetus.
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Episode 10 – Taco shock syndrome Jan 28, 2015

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Turns out *Staphylococcus aureus* can evade the immune system by activating it.
Also, Matt's bad hair day and a link between tacos and tampons.
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Episode 9 - I'd just like to second everything Abbie said Sep 04, 2014

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In this episode, we're joined by Abbie Smith, a postdoctoral fellow studying HIV at Emory University, and author of the popular (and always wonderful) ERV blog.
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