The听latest episode in our听Telling Our Stories: In Conversation series听took place on Tuesday, 28 June.
Returning guest was joined on the sofa by听 to discover some of the fascinating connections between their disciplines.
instances of early onset familial dementia, Roxana mentions the usefulness of Archaeology in regards to听identifying patterns which could听shed light on听how the evolution of people in particular areas of the world might have听contributed to听very high, or relatively low numbers of individuals suffering from听particular forms of听dementia.
听how听archaeological evidence of people’s diets could be correlated with skull evidence to explore the potential relationship between diet, environment and dementia. Roxana reinforces the value which this sort of research could provide, not only in highlighting past patterns, but in enabling people to reduce the prevalence of certain diseases in the future.
As well as potentially听looking far back into our ancestral past, (using mice) has provided, in regards to the link which can be drawn in just one generation between a mother’s diet and the formation of the blood vessels in her child’s brain.
Reinforcing听the importance of inter-disciplinary research and collaboration, during the talk 听that within a single discipline, such large questions as ‘how did certain diseases first appear and become prevalent’ cannot be answered, a sentiment which Graeme echoed.
Look out for the full episode, which will be听available听on SUSSED later this week.
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