biobytes: October 20, 2008
The Rockefeller University Press
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In the October 20th edition of biobytes, Emma Hill (Journal of Cell Biology) joins us in the studio to discuss synaptic plasticity (Bergami et al., JCB) and also Alzheimer's disease (Sakurai et al., JCB), Franz Heinz (University of Vienna, Austria) explains how his team identified an entry code that flaviviruses use to get into cells (Fritz et al., JCB), and Vanda Lennon (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN) describes the molecular details of Devic's disease (Hinson et al., JEM). The show was written, presented, and produced by Ruth Williams, with additional reporting by Justin Paul.
00:56 - Synaptic plasticity, Alzheimer's Disease; 05:45 - Flavivirus cell entry; 13:10 - Devic's disease.

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