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August 2011: SUMOs in Gonad Development, Preserving Neural Stem Cells, and AML's Transformation Window Aug 04, 2011

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In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about how SUMOlyation wrestles hedgehog signaling into the right location during endocrine development, with Holly Ingraham (0:00), how neural stem cell progenitors are protected during starvation, from Alex Gould (12:01), and what's required in AML to make a cell susceptible to oncogenic transformation, explains Keith Humphries (17:48).

July 2011: Parkinson's Disease, Human Height, and Polar Bears Jul 07, 2011

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In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about a lysosomal thread linking synucleinopathies, with Dimitri Krainc (0:00) (Mazzulli et al.), the genetics of human height, with Valerie Cormier-Daire (8:00), and polar bears: getting in touch with their surprising origins, with Beth Shapiro (14:31).

June 2011: From Neural Stem Cells to Late-Night Snacking Jun 09, 2011

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In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about getting neural stem cells out of the lab and into the clinic, with Sally Temple (0:00), an important role for rare copy number variations in autism, with Matthew State and Michael Wigler (8:30), the dangers of midnight feasts for fruit fly fertility, with Amita Sehgal (18:04), and fitness costs and crosstalk in the evolution of host defense pathways, with Ruslan Medzhitov (24:32).

May 2011: From Plasmodium to Plant Signaling May 12, 2011

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In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about ape droppings and the origins of malaria, with Julian Rayner (0:00), A next-gen sequencing technique to study high-speed gene expression, with W. Lee Kraus (9:35), and Tracing the evolution of signaling pathways in plants, with Alistair Hetherington (15:56).

April 2011: HIV, Tuberculosis, and Cancer Apr 14, 2011

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In this month's Cell Podcast, we learn about how HIV hides in hempatopoietic stem cells (0:00), combating tuberculosis drug resistance (7:25), and suppressing tumors with a protein isomerase (13:41).

March 2011: Highlights from Recent Review Issues on Systems Biology and Addiction Mar 17, 2011

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Cellular "coin-flipping;" Jim Collins explains how cells make decisions (0:00), the vicious cycle of treating drug addiction as a criminal behavior, instead of a medical condition (8:23), and how small molecules can help uncover signaling crosstalk, when genetic strategies fail (16:56).

February 2011: From Cyanobacteria in Space to EPO's Immune-Modulatory Effects Feb 24, 2011

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Engineering cyanobacteria to a make a profit—not just biofuels (0:00), why breast cancers often metastasize to the bone (11:03), and EPO's surprising anti-inflammatory properties (17:15).

January 2011: Aging: From Diagnosing Alzheimer's to Therapies for Progeria Jan 20, 2011

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Hunting down biomarkers for Alzheimer's diease (0:30), modeling Progeria with iPS cells (10:13), and how yeast spare their daughter cells from toxic aging factors (16:52).

December 2010: Human Genomics with a Dash of Chromatin Remodeling Dec 09, 2010

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Hear about filling in the gaps of the 1000 genomes project (0:50), learn about tracking down an elusive culprit of inherited diseases. (10:05), discover how chromatin-modifying enzymes orchestrate skin development (18:22).

November 2010: Osteoporosis, Pain Perception, and Tuberculosis Metabolomics Nov 18, 2010

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Learn how skeletal stem cells are key to improving osteoporosis treatment regimes (1.00), discover what a new pain gene has in common with Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (10.33), and hear insights from new metabolomics analysis of the tuberculosis pathogen (17:51).

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