Cryopreservation, Personality Transplant, Fungal Azoles

Today, you’ll learn about a new method to cryopreserve parts of the brain for later use, the personality changes that happen after organ transplants, and how fungicides cause dangerous fungi to self-destruct.  Cryopreservation  “Effective cryopreservation of human brain tissue and neural organoids.” by Weiwei Xue, et al. 2024.  “Brain organoids: Establishment and application.” by Hao Chen, et al. 2022.   Personality Transplant  “Personality Changes Associated with Organ Transplants.” by Brian Carter, et al. 2024.  https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3943/5/1/2 “Does changing the heart mean changing personality? A retrospective inquiry on 47 heart transplant patients.” by B Bunzel, et al. 1992.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1299456/  Fungal Azoles  “Azoles activate type I and type II programmed cell death pathways in crop pathogenic fungi.” by Martin Schuster, et al. 2024.  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48157-9 “Leaf Blotch Disease of Wheat - Septoria tritici Blotch, Stagonospora nodorum Blotch and Tan Spot.” by Jorge David Selgado & Pierce A. Paul. 2016.  https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/plpath-cer-07  Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.