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May 1st - 15th, 2005 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Mon., 5/2 Blue Crab Recovery: The Chesapeake Bay used to be the world's largest crab fishery. Microbes are now helping bring back the population.
Tues., 5/3 Making the Flu Vaccine: It takes months to plan and prepare for flu season.
Weds., 5/4 Fungi Fossil: A minute fossil may be the most ancient fossil of a fungus ever found.Thurs., 5/5 Return of the Bladder Biofilm: If you ever had a nasty bladder infection, and then another one just like it, you know about resistant bacteria.
Fri., 5/6 West Nile Fish Breeders: Scientists hope that reintroducing the Sacramento perch to its native waters will control mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus.
Mon., 5/9 Heart Surgery Risks: Gender appears to play a role in infections following heart surgery.
Tues., 5/10 Microbes Changing the Tundra: Microbes are aiding shrub growth in the Arctic in ways that may someday affect animal migration in the region.Weds., 5/11 Fungi Collection: An unusual museum is devoted to pathogens that do in plants.
Thurs., 5/12 Fishing and Salamander Die-Offs: Transporting live bait from one region of the country to another may contribute to the spread of amphibian diseases.
Fri., 5/13 Sponges to the Rescue: Scientists, hoping to find medicinal chemicals, seek bacteria living in sea-dwelling sponges.
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