Antibuddies: Recent Episodes
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In this monolog, Vijay talks about a paradigm shifting publication from 2026 showcasing protein-templated DNA synthesis.
In this monolog, Casey talks about a 2025 report highlighting the role of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine in sensitizing cancer patients to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
In this monolog, Vijay talks about a 2026 article that showed there is epigenetic memory in adult glial cells that allows them to regenerate but also paves the way for their malignant transformation.
In this monolog, Akshat (the returned prodigal) discusses the comparative immunology of jawless fish and jawed vertebrates and the fascinating ways in which the seemingly primeval immune system of the hagfish shows sophistication equal to the immunoglobulin superfamily-based adaptive immune response of humans and other jawed vertebrates.
In this monolog, Vijay talks about TimeVault, a novel technology that allows capturing and storing mRNA in mammalian cells.Check out our memes on Facebook (@antibuddies), Twitter (@antibuddiesP), and Instagram (@AntibuddiesPodcast).YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxyrHotyyY3sSwcp1zigeCwSend us your queries/questions/suggestions at antibuddies1@gmail.com.Website: Antibuddies – Science Communication & Immunology (Antibuddies.org)Sources:·https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz9353
In this multipart monolog, Jatin talks about some milestone discoveries related to natural killer cells.
Vijay talks about a 2025 publication delineating the role of efferocytosis by pancreatic macrophages in modulating type I diabetes.
In this monolog, Casey talks about a recently discovered role of Skin in autonomously producing antibodies against microbes.
In this multipart monolog series, Jatin talks about some milestone discoveries related to natural killer cells.
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Natural Killer Cells and Cytotoxic T Cells: Complementary Partners against Microorganisms and Cancer - PMC
Five decades of natural killer cell discovery | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press
In this monolog, Vijay talks about a novel discovery highlighting the role of Innate lymphoid cells in regulation of blood glucose in fasting condition. This is the second part in the 2-part series.
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Neuronal-ILC2 interactions regulate pancreatic glucagon and glucose homeostasis - PubMed
In this multipart monolog, Vijay talks about a novel discovery highlighting the role of Innate lymphoid cells in regulation of blood glucose in fasting condition. This is the first part to the 2-part series.
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Neuronal-ILC2 interactions regulate pancreatic glucagon and glucose homeostasis - PubMed
In this multipart monolog, Jatin talks about some milestone discoveries related to natural killer cells.
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Natural Killer Cells and Cytotoxic T Cells: Complementary Partners against Microorganisms and Cancer - PMC
Five decades of natural killer cell discovery | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press
In this monolog, Vijay discusses the difference in immune system development in term and pre-term babies.
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Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30142345/
In this monolog, Casey discusses a 2024 article about the increase in health and lifespan in mammals after IL-11 inhibition.
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Sources: Inhibition of IL-11 signalling extends mammalian healthspan and lifespan | Nature
In this monolog, Akshat ponders about the spatiotemporal underpinnings of cytokine concentrations in tissue niches...and how it all appears to function like a gossip network.
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Collectivist Model: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43018-020-0038-2
Rapid Switching Model: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4562415/
Competitive Model: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8126146/
Leaky Synapses: https://www.nature.com/articles/nri3242
In this episode, Akshat outlines the salient features of CAR or TCR-engineered T cells, and deigns to ponder: is one modality just objectively better than the other?
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In this Monolog, Casey discusses the unique case of a hyper-vaccinated individual in Germany with more than 200 COVID-19 vaccines and how his immunological profile looks like.
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00134-8/fulltext
In this Monolog, Akshat discusses how the liver "speaks" both immunity and metabolism via bile to control hepatic tumors. Liver X Receptors also make an appearance.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433546/
In the 29th episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash and Tanu start the new year 2024 with a discussion on Barrier Immunity with a focus on the gut.
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In this monologue, Akshat talks about sterile inflammation, or leucocyte activation in the absence of inflammatory responses. These carefully regulated "internal affairs" of the immune system can be pathological or protective.
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In this monolog, Casey talks about a 2023 article from the National Institute of Biological Sciences (Beijing, China) about the role of cytokines and immune cells in sleep deprivation-induced mortality.
Source: Prolonged sleep deprivation induces a cytokine-storm-like syndrome in mammals - PubMed (nih.gov)
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In this monolog, Vijay talks about a 2016 article from Rockefeller University about the complex crosstalk in the gut between the neurons and macrophages.
Source: Neuro-immune Interactions Drive Tissue Programming in Intestinal Macrophages - PubMed (nih.gov)
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In the 28th episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash and Jatin continue the discussion on cytotoxic T cells and transition into their functional cousins - the natural killer cells.
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In the 27th episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash and Jatin talk about how cytotoxic T cells deliver the kiss of death to their targets.
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In the 26th episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash and Jatin shift gears from humoral immunity to cellular immunity and discuss cytotoxic T cell activation.
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In the 25th episode of our Immunology 101 series, Koshika and Jatin discuss Fc receptors and Antibody isotypes and relate them to specific effector functions.
In the 24th episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash and Jatin discuss the various effector functions of Antibodies
In the 23rd episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash, Koshika, and Jatin discuss the events taking place inside the germinal center - class switching and somatic hypermutation.
In the 22nd episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash, Koshika, and Jatin talk about the events of the germinal centers.
In the 21st episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash and Jatin talk about the fate of the B cell after it encounters the antigen and how it travels through the various compartments of a secondary lymphoid organ.
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In this Buddisode, we sit down with Dr. Nataliya Prokhnevska to discuss her work on the fate and role of non-cytotoxic CD8+ T cells found in the tumor-draining lymph nodes of cancer patients.
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Article of discussion: CD8+ T cell activation in cancer comprises an initial activation phase in lymph nodes followed by effector differentiation within the tumor - PubMed (nih.gov)
In this monolog, Vijay talks about a recent article from the University of Miami describing the communication between the vagus nerve and the pancreas.
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016508520353233?via%3Dihub
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In the 20th episode of Immunology 101 series, Ash, Koshika, and Jatin shift gears to talk about B cell activation and draw parallels with T cell activation process.
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In the 19th episode of Immunology 101 series, Ash, Koshika, and Jatin talk continue their conversation about T cell subsets with a focus on memory T cells.
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In the 18th episode of Immunology 101 series, Ash, Koshika, and Jatin talk about classification of T helper cells and their functions.
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In this Buddisode, we sit down with Drs. Cosima T Baldari & Rino Rappuoli to discuss their work on a unique immune evasion strategy deployed by SARS CoV2 to paralyze cytotoxic T cells.
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Article of discussion: SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein suppresses CTL-mediated killing by inhibiting immune synapse assembly | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press (rupress.org)
In the 17th episode of Immunology 101 series, Natalie and Jatin talk about the T cell activation process and make some very lame jokes.
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In this monolog, Natalie talks about the evolutionary history of the immune system.
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In this Buddisode, we sit down with Dr. Simon Bélanger from the La Jolla Institute of Immunology (currently at Vir Biotechnology) to discuss his work on a transcription factor that can define early T follicular helper cell fate.
In this Buddisode, we sit down with Dr. Emilie Cosway from the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy at the University of Birmingham (UK) to discuss her recent paper about the mechanisms behind thymic regeneration.
In this buddisode, we sit down with Dr. Melissa Lechner from the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine to discuss her recent paper about the mechanisms behind immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced autoimmune thyroiditis.
We sit down with Dr. Jessica Lancaster from the Department of Immunology, Mayo clinic to discuss her recent paper about the effect of Aging on Central Tolerance and Treg induction.
In the 16th episode of Immunology 101 series, Natalie and Jatin talk about an undergrad's worst nightmare 2 months into the immunology course - The complement system.
We sit down with Dr. Nardhy Gomez-Lopez from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wayne State University to discuss her recent paper about the role of IL-22 in pregnancy and pre-term births.
Natalie and Jatin talk about positive and negative regulation in immune response, how the cells of the innate immunity interact with the adaptive, and the ubiquity of the immune system across phyla.
In the 14th episode of Immunology 101 series, Natalie and Jatin talk about the cellular facet of the innate immune system.
Eugenio and Jatin sit down with Dr. Jorge-Dominguez Andres (Ph.D.) from Radboud University to discuss trained immunity and its transgenerational inheritance in mice.
We continue our discussion with Dr. Adewunmi Adelaja (M.D., Ph.D.), from the University of California Los Angeles, about NFkB signaling and how signals to different stimuli are relayed inside macrophages.
We sit down with Dr. Adewunmi Adelaja (M.D., Ph.D.) from the University of California Los Angeles to discuss NFkB signaling and how signals to different stimuli are relayed inside macrophages.
In this monolog, Tanu breaks down a recent study that elucidates the mechanism behind the loss of sense of smell in COVID19 patients.
In this monolog, Vijay highlights some of the interactions between the neurons and the immune cells that show an intricately woven neuroimmune network.
We sit down with Dr. Yosuke Kumamoto from Rutgers new jersey medical school to discuss the role of a specific subset of DCs that retain lymphocytes in the SLOs to scan the repertoire post-immunization.
In the 13th episode of Immunology 101 series, Natalie and Jatin continue talking about PRR signaling.
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In the 12th episode of Immunology 101 series, Natalie and Jatin shift gears to talk about Innate immunity with a focus on TLR signaling.
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In this breast cancer awareness month special monolog, Tanu talks about the challenges faced for breast cancer research and finding an effective treatment that works for everyone.
In the 2nd part of the Origin of Eukaryotes series, Dara and Jatin sit down with Dr. Dylan G Ryan from University of Cambridge (formerly at Trinity College Dublin) to discuss his 2020 perspective article about the role of TCA cycle in Eukaryogenesis.
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Article of discussion: TCA cycle signalling and the evolution of eukaryotes (nih.gov)
In the 1st part of the Origin of Eukaryotes series, Dara and Jatin sit down with Dr. Dylan G Ryan from University of Cambridge (formerly at Trinity College Dublin) to discuss his 2020 perspective article about the role of TCA cycle in Eukaryogenesis.
In the 2nd part of the phase separation series, Eugenio, Natalie, & Jatin sit down with Xiaolei Su, Qian Xiao, and Ceara McAtee continue their discussion.
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Article of discussion: Phase separation in immune signalling | Nature Reviews Immunology
In this Buddisode, Eugenio, Natalie, & Jatin sit down with Xiaolei Su, Qian Xiao, and Ceara McAtee from Yale cancer center at Yale university to discuss their latest review article published in Nature Immunology Reviews in July of 2021.
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Article of discussion: Phase separation in immune signalling | Nature Reviews Immunology
In this Buddisode, Dara, Eugenio, Natalie, & Jatin sit down with Daniel from Gretchen Diehl's lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY. The discussion entails their 2021 paper about the development of bacteria-specific T cells in the thymus of young mice and all the implications surrounding this discovery.
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Article of discussion: Thymic development of gut-microbiota-specific T cells | Nature
In the 10th episode of Immunology 101 series, Dara, Jatin, and Natalie talk about B cell development in the bone marrow, some key transcription factors involved in the process, and the hardy fractions.
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In this Buddisode, Dara & Jatin sit down with Adam Fike from Ziaur Rahman's lab at Penn State University. The discussion entails their 2020 publication that teased apart the contribution of Type I and Type II interferons in TLR7-mediated systemic autoimmunity.
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Article of discussion: Type II but Not Type I IFN Signaling Is Indispensable for TLR7-Promoted Development of Autoreactive B Cells and Systemic Autoimmunity | The Journal of Immunology (jimmunol.org)
In this Buddisode, Eugenio, Natalie, and Jatin sit down with Dr. Wei-le Wang who is a posdoc in the lab of Dr. Marco Colonna lab at Washington University, St. Louis. The discussion entails Wei-le's recent publication that finds a unique niche around the CNS where new immune cells are formed.
In this monolog, Tanu talks about the effect of diet, microbiota, and the endogenous retroviral elements in skin inflammation.
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Article of discussion: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092867421006504
In this Buddisode, Eugenio, Natalie, and Jatin sit down with Drs. Rafael Flores and Matthew Yousefzadeh to discuss their recent research that aims to dissect the role of the immune system in systemic aging.
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Article of discussion: An aged immune system drives senescence and ageing of solid organs | Nature
In the 9th episode of Immunology 101 series, Dara, Jatin, and Natalie continue talking about T cell development with some details on the molecular level.
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In the 8th episode of Immunology 101 series, Dara, Jatin, and Natalie talk about the steps in the development of T cells and how self love is important, to an extent.
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In this Buddisode, Eugenio, Tanu, and Jatin sit down with Dr. Eric Song from Yale School of Medicine to discuss his recent publication that associates neuroinvasive properties with SARS CoV2.
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Article of discussion: Neuroinvasion of SARS-CoV-2 in human and mouse brain | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press (rupress.org)
In this Buddisode, Eugenio, Dara, and Jatin sit down with Dr. Shiv Pillai from Harvard medical school to discuss about his lab's recent publication about the state of germinal centers in severe COVID19
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Article of discussion: The loss of Bcl-6 expressing T follicular helper cells and the absence of germinal centers in COVID-19 (nih.gov)
In the 7th episode of Immunology 101 series, Dara, Eugenio, Jatin, and Natalie talk about the discovery of the T cell receptors, the mechanism of VDJ recombination in T cells, and comparison of VDJ recombination in T and B cells.
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- Kuby Immunology
In the 6th episode of Immunology 101 series, Jatin and Natalie talk about the mechanism of VDJ recombination, its epigenetic aspect, and the steps that follow a successful heavy chain rearrangement.
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- Kuby Immunology
2. Most α/β T Cell Receptor Diversity Is Due to Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase (nih.gov)
In this Buddisode, Eugenio, Natalie, and Jatin sit down with Dr. Evgeny Kiner from Immunai and discuss about his earlier publication about a continuum of T helper phenotypes seen in vivo.
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Article of discussion: Gut CD4 + T cell phenotypes are a continuum molded by microbes, not by T H archetypes | Nature Immunology
In this Buddisode, Eugenio, Natalie, and Jatin sit down with Dr. Deepak Rao from Harvard Medical School and discuss about his lab's 2019 publication about peripheral helper T cells that could potentially be providing help to B cells outside the follicles.
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Article of discussion: PD-1hiCXCR5– T peripheral helper cells promote B cell responses in lupus via MAF and IL-21 (nih.gov)
In this monolog, Natalie talks about how long non-coding RNAs alter chromosomal conformation to affect class switching in B cells.
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Article of discussion: Noncoding RNA transcription alters chromosomal topology to promote isotype-specific class switch recombination | Science Immunology (sciencemag.org)
In this buddisode, Eugenio, Natalie, and Jatin sit down with Dr. Claudia Jakubzick from Dartmouth University. They discus Claudia's 2018 publication that elucidated the role of natural IgM in the recognition of neoantigens in absence of PAMPs.
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Article of discussion: Immune Surveillance by Natural IgM Is Required for Early Neoantigen Recognition and Initiation of Adaptive Immunity (nih.gov)
In this buddisode, we sit down with Dr. Ken Cadwell from New York University to talk about his recent article about decoy exosomes secreted by epithelial cells to defend against bacterial toxins.
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Article of discussion: Decoy exosomes provide protection against bacterial toxins | Nature
In the 5th episode of Immunology 101 series, Eugenio, Jatin, Natalie, and Samriti talk about the how such an enormous antibody diversity is generated in B cells with limited antibody-coding genes. Jatin also tries to tell a joke which is not funny.
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Kuby Immunology
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Fun fact sources:
10.1098/rstb.2014.0291
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-015-0243-2
In this buddisode, we sit down with Dr. Yi-ru Yu, a post doctoral researcher at the department of oncology (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) to talk about his recent article studying mitochondrial dynamics in the exhaustion of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs).
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Article of discussion: Disturbed mitochondrial dynamics in CD8 + TILs reinforce T cell exhaustion | Nature Immunology
In this buddisode, Eugenio, Jatin, and Natalie discuss about the requirement of 2nd signal in B cells.
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Article of discussion: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-020-0765-7
In this monolog, Jatin talks about some pioneering studies from the early 2000s that unraveled the mystery behind central tolerance.
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In this episode, Eugenio, Jatin, and Natalie discuss about the a the role of STING's Interferon-independent pathways in T cells and macrophages.
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Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1074761320302648?via%3Dihub
In this buddisode, Eugenio, Jatin, and Natalie discuss about the a the role T cells in anxiety in murine models.
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Source: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)31117-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867419311171%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
In this buddisode, Eugenio, Jatin, and Natalie discuss about the a unique mode of non-genetic multigenerational inheritance in colonic Tregs.
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Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092867420304931
In this monolog, Tanu briefly discusses the recent study from Ang et al. about the effect of ketogenic diet on gut microbiota and Th17 cells. There are three diets discussed in the episode based on fat to carb ratio: the standard or baseline diet (35:50), high fat diet (75:10), and ketogenic diet (90:0).
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Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092867420304906
In this monolog, Jatin briefly discusses the recent study from Lai et al. about FLT3L-secreting CAR T cells that successfully elicited a polyclonal immune response in Her2 and OVA co-expressing tumor models.
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Sources:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-020-0676-7 (Original article)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-020-0740-3 (News and views)
In this Buddisode, Antia and Jatin discuss about the unique profiles of T cells that produce and/or respond to Interleukin 2. What determines whether a T cell will produce IL-2 or not? Find out in this episode.
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Sources:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30213884/
In this Buddisode, Antia and Jatin continue to discuss about the recent developments in cancer nano medicine.
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Sources:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-019-0269-6
In this Buddisode, Antia and Jatin discuss about the recent developments in cancer nano medicine. Part 2 will be out soon.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-019-0269-6
In this buddisode, Tanu and Jatin discuss about HLA's association with body odor, mate selection, and procreation in humans.
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Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2519788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1688704/
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep32550
In this buddisode, Tanu and Jatin discuss about the WHO mega trial, the breakthrough french study, and discuss some research articles investigating the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine and NHC.
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Sources:
https://stm.sciencemag.org/node/213730.full
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41421-020-0156-0
In this buddisode, Antia and Jatin discuss about a recent study from 2016 that highlights the different metabolic requirements of T and B cells under homeostatic conditions. Also, Antia cannot pronounce the word "extrinsic". There is some background noise in the later half because someone had to cook food.
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Source:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936487/
In this buddisode, Antia and Jatin discuss about a recent study that shows improved secondary immune responses during dietary restriction. Also, Antia cannot pronounce glucocorticoids.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6818271/
In this buddisode, Tanu and Jatin discuss about a SARS CoV2 patient case study who recovered from non-severe COVID19.
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Source:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0819-2
In this buddisode, Tanu, a PhD student in virology, tells us about the SARS coronavirus that is related to the CoVID 19 currently in discussion worldwide. We then talk about an article looking at T cell responses to the SARS coronavirus.
Nick, Jonathan, and Amari are undergrads joining this discussion.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2683413/
In this buddisode, Dr. Winni Hui talks about her recently published work with exosomes secreted by salmonella infected macrophages.
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You can read here paper here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/29158431/
In the 4th episode of Immunology 101 series, Jatin tells a joke which is not even funny. We also talk about the cells of the immune system and what they do.
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- Kuby Immunology
In the 3rd episode of our immunology 101 series, we talk about the birth of the immune system and faith of an immune cell after it has served its function.
We also touch upon the role of stem cells and how differentiation works at the genetic and epigenetic level.
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- Kuby Immunology
2. https://stemcells.nih.gov/info/2001report/chapter5.htm
3. https://www.nature.com/articles/pr2006122
In the second episode, Autumn and Jatin talk about the various types of immunity.
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1. https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/71/1/62
2. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/uncategorized/nobel-prizes-and-the-immune-system
3. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/autism.html
4. https://www.immunology.org/guinea-pig-1942
5. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/22/nyregion/merrill-w-chase-98-scientist-who-advanced-immunology.html
In the first episode of the immunology 101 series, Autumn and Jatin talk about the pioneering scientists whose work gave birth to the field of immunology and medicine.
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1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1200696/
- Kuby immunology (5th edition)