Fetal Growth Restriction, "Hairy Plate Animals and Cancer, and Understanding SARS-CoV-2 in the Body

Zahrah Azman, Perinatal PhD Student at The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, talks about her research on foetal growth restriction (FGR), which is a common pregnancy complication affecting up to 10% of pregnancies in Australia and is defined as the failure of a baby to reach its biological growth potential; Professor Patrick Humbert, Director of the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS), and Dr Jens Hauslage from the German Aerospace Centre, talk about recent experiments they conducted 250km above the Earth on a tiny animal, the Trichoplax, whose ancient biological mechanisms could be used to develop therapeutic or preventative measures for human cancer; and Stefanie Bader, a PhD Candidate at the Pellegrini Laboratory (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) explains her research into better understanding how SARS-CoV-2 is causing severe disease and death, and why the immune system is sometimes ‘overreacting’ to an infection, leading to a more severe illness. With presenters Dr Shane and Dr Laura.Program page: Einstein-A-Go-GoFacebook page: Einstein-A-Go-GoTwitter: Einstein-A-Go-Go

There are no comments yet.

Please log in to write the first comment.