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January 16th - 31st, 2006 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Mon., 1/16 Plant Extracts vs. Bacteria: Garlic, licorice root and other plant extracts are often as effective as antibiotics against common disease-causing bacteria.
Tues., 1/17 Microbe Masterpieces: Students in one microbiology class use bacteria as paint to create living works of art..
Weds., 1/18 Microbial Diversity Among Marine Sponges: From the Indo-Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean, new findings suggest that marine sponges host similar groups of bacteria, no matter where they live.
Thurs., 1/19 Bacteria vs. HIV: Sugar-loving bacteria in the human gut may be the future of HIV prevention.
Fri., 1/20 North of Norway, Just South of Mars: Scientists are testing equipment meant to find life on Mars on the bleak, cold island of Svalbard.
Mon., 1/23 Soil Count: Scientists now know there are more soil bacteria than they previously thought to help make the ground fertile.
Tues., 1/24 Return to Pangaea: Life similar to what may have existed on this super-continent millions of years ago can be found in a Mexican desert.
Weds., 1/25 X-Ray Specs: A special machine allows scientists to see the inner workings of tiny bacteria.
Thurs., 1/26 Bacteria and Arsenic in Groundwater: Certain iron-reducing bacteria in soil may release arsenic from the ground into water supplies.
Fri., 1/27 Chicken Guts and Human Health: Clues from chickens are helping scientists learn more about the role of microbes in human health.
Mon., 1/30 Fighting Firewalls: Plants create a natural firewall of dead cells around an infection to protect the rest of the plant from the bacterial infection.
Tues., 1/31 Gene Shuttles: Scientists are using a bacteria from the soil that can enter a plant and trick it into accepting its genes to make more disease resistant plants.
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