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June 7, 2022
Physiological Reviews Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sadis Matalon speaks with Michael Saag, MD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) about his editorial “Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles: the unprecedented speed of COVID-19 science.”
Dr. Saag is Associate Dean for Global Health in the School of Medicine, Director of the UAB Center for AIDS Research and a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. He also is the principal investigator of the CFAR Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS), a network of centers sharing electronic health record data to integrate clinical information from persons infected with HIV. In addition, Dr. Saag is the founding director of the UAB 1917 HIV Clinic, one of the leading HIV clinics in the United States.
- Dr. Saag's experience in treating patients with HIV, and advances in HIV treatment [2:50]
- Why is there no vaccine for HIV? [4:50]
- Is there an animal vector for SARS-CoV-2 as was the case for SARS-CoV-1? [8:17]
- What exactly is “long COVID,” and what are its implications for public health? [12:06]
- Why do vaccinated individuals still contract SARS-CoV-2? [17:08]
- Final thoughts [22:04]
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April 13, 2022
To follow up on our recently published AIP manuscript “Physiology and Pathophysiology of Human Airway Mucus” (https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00004.2021), we were able to connect with senior author Dr. Richard Boucher.
In this podcast, Physiological Reviews Editorial Ken Adler and Dr. Boucher have an interesting conversation on pathogenesis and future therapies in lung and airway diseases. They discuss everything from mucin genes to Cystic Fibrosis.
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December 10, 2021
Advances in our understanding of brain function, along with the development of neural interfaces that allow for the monitoring and activation of neurons, have paved the way for brain machine interfaces (BMI), which harness neural signals to reanimate the limbs via electrical activation of the muscles, or to control extra-corporeal devices, thereby bypassing the muscles and senses altogether. BMIs consist of reading out motor intent from the neuronal responses monitored in motor regions of the brain and executing intended movements using bionic limbs, reanimated limbs, or exoskeletons. BMIs also allow for the restoration of the sense of touch by electrically activating neurons in somatosensory regions of the brain, thereby evoking vivid tactile sensations and conveying feedback about object interactions. In this podcast associate editor Jeff Diamond is joined by authors Chethan Pandarinath and Sliman Bensmaia as they discuss " The Science and Engineering behind sensitized brain-controlled bionic hands."
The review of this fascinating topic can be found on our PRV website: https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/physrev.00034.2020
November 4, 2021
Deputy Editor Dr. Willis Samson takes a deep dive into the complex universe that control the behavior and mechanisms of eating. He is joined by the authors of our recent published review "The Physiological Control of Eating: Signals, Neurons, and Networks" by Alan G. Watts, Scott E Kanoski, Graciela Sanchez-Watts and Wolfgang Langhans. Learn about the advances of this complicated process and the possible therapeutics for the future.
Watts AG, Kanoski SE, Sanchez-Watts G, Langhans W. The Physiological Control of Eating: Signals, Neurons, and Networks. Physiol Rev. 2021 Sep 6. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00028.2020. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34486393.
https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/physrev.00028.2020
October 6, 2021
Dr. Sadis Matalon, editor in Chief and Dr. Sally Wenzel discuss Asthma and her PRV review
June 30, 2021
Editor in Chief, Dr. Sadis Matalon and Dr. MIchael Matthay discuss the lung research and how it moves from the bench to the beside. Dr. Matthay has had two very well cited reviews published in Physiological Reviews:
Michael A. Matthay, Hans G. Folkesson, and Christine Clerici Physiological Reviews Volume 82, Issue 3 2002 Jan 07
Hong-Long Ji, Runzhen Zhao, Sadis Matalon, and Michael A. Matthay
Physiological Reviews Volume 100, Issue 3 2020 Apr 03
June 8, 2021
Editor in Chief, Dr. Sadis Matalon and corresponding author Stefano Romagnoli discuss the Covid-19 virus in Italy and beyond including which practices they have successfully taken from the bench to the bedside.
May 27, 2021
Colette Bean, Chief Publishing Officer of the American Physiological Society, discusses the past, present, and future of Physiological Reviews with Editor-in-Chief, Sadis Matalon, PhD.
