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February 21 2017 Issue

February 21 2017 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast


February 21 2017 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Feb 20, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

1) Microarray screening of Guillain-Barré syndrome sera for antibodies to glycolipid complexes2) What's Trending: video gaming in children 3) Topic of the Month: Neurology Today® paper on mitochondrial replacementThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the February 21, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Ted Burns talks with Dr. Hugh Willison about his Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation paper on microarray screening of autoantibodies to glycolipid complexes in Guillain-Barre syndrome. Dr. Ted Burns talks with Dr. Gerard Martínez Vilavella about video gaming in children for our “What's Trending” feature of the week. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns focuses his interview with Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov on mitochondrial replacement for genetic diseases. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Willison serves on the scientific advisory board for Wellcome Trust; serves on editorial boards for Nature Clinical Practice Neurology; Journal of Neuroimmunology, Muscle and Nerve, J Peripheral Nervous System, BMC Neurology (Associate Editor), Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, and Experimental Neurology; holds a patent for combinatorial glycoarray technology; and receives research support from Ipsen, Annexon Biosciences, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Medical Research Council, and Wellcome Trust. Dr. Mitalipov holds patents for Primate Totipotent and Pluripotent Stem Cells Produced by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (U.S. patent No. 7,972,849), Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Produced by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (U.S. Patent No. 9,546,383), and Methods for Mitochondrial DNA Replacement in Oocytes (U.S. Patent No. 9434921); has patents pending for Metabolic rescue in pluripotent cells from subjects with mitochondrial DNA disease (Application Number: 62192358), Generation of human oocytes by polar body transfer” (Application 62/419,638), and Mitochondrial Replacement in Human Oocytes Carrying Pathogenic Mitochondrial DNA Mutations (Application 62427546); has consulted for Flagship VentureLabs; and has received research support from NIH/NIA, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, and Foundation Leducq.All other participants report no disclosures.
Released:
Feb 20, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Neurology podcast is introduced by Editor-in-Chief Robert A. Gross, MD, PhD, who discusses several highlighted articles in the current issue of Neurology®. The podcast regularly features content from Neurology® Clinical Practice, Neurology® Genetics, and Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. Opening segments include interviews with authors who summarize a current article and discuss the main findings and clinical implications for neurologists. It concludes with the Lesson of the Week, a short segment on a topic such as a laboratory technique, statistical methods, or historical neurology. Regular features also include Delayed Recall, ePearls, and What’s Trending. Podcast listeners can earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by answering the multiple-choice questions related to Neurology content in the online Podcast Quiz. (Delayed recall, Neurology® Clinical Practice, Neurology® Genetics, and Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation contents are excluded from the CME program). The exams are posted weekly on Wednesday.