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June 16 - June 30, 2007 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Mon., 6/18 What Came First? Organic farms don’t use antibiotics to control disease, so researchers are trying to learn how antibiotic resistant bacteria showed up on an organic chicken farm.
Tue., 6/19 Preventing Infection at Home: We focus a lot on preventing serious widespread diseases – and for good reason, but there are many simple things that we can do at home to prevent the more common ones.
Wed., 6/20 Identifying the Patterns of Infections: A newly developed tool can take the disease “fingerprint” of genes, and quickly identify the microbe causing the infection.
Thu., 6/21 Are Restrooms Really That Dirty? Researchers tested the surfaces of many common public places, and where they found the most microbes might surprise you.
Fri., 6/22 Social Distancing to Prevent Disease: It may seem uncongenial, but researchers say that distancing yourself from others could be a wise strategy to avoid getting sick.
Mon., 6/25 HIV Protein Penetrates Cancer Cells: Scientists have found a way to deliver cancer drugs to specific cells by using a protein from HIV.
Tue., 6/26 Early Detection of Harmful Algal Blooms: A quicker and more sensitive test to detect harmful algal blooms may someday prevent the poisoning of shellfish and the predators that eat them.
Wed., 6/27 New Way to Treat Devastating Fungal Infections: Treating athlete’s foot is simple, but treating a more serious blood-borne fungal infection is difficult, because the best anti-fungal drugs are toxic.
Thu., 6/28 Of Microbes and Men: Some of the millions of microorganisms in the human body come and go, but researchers have discovered that others have been passed down through families for generations.
Fri., 6/29 Antifungals vs. TB: Disease-causingfungi and bacteria are very different, but scientists have found one drug that could wipe out both of them.
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