Wildfires could threaten ozone layer, and vaccinating against tick bites
Could wildfires be depleting the ozone all over again? Staff Writer Paul Voosen talks with host Sarah Crespi about the evidence from the Polarstern research ship for wildfire smoke lofting itself high into the stratosphere, and how it can affect the ozone layer once it gets there.
Next, we talk ticks—the ones that bite, take blood, and can leave you with a nasty infection. Andaleeb Sajid, a staff scientist at the National Cancer Institute, joins Sarah to talk about her Science Translational Medicine paper describing an mRNA vaccine intended to reduce the length of tick bites to before the pests can transmit diseases to ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 18, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Wildfires could threaten ozone layer, and vaccinating against tick bites
Could wildfires be depleting the ozone all over again? Staff Writer Paul Voosen talks with host Sarah Crespi about the evidence from the Polarstern research ship for wildfire smoke lofting itself high into the stratosphere, and how it can affect the ozone layer once it gets there.
Next, we talk ticks—the ones that bite, take blood, and can leave you with a nasty infection. Andaleeb Sajid, a staff scientist at the National Cancer Institute, joins Sarah to talk about her Science Translational Medicine paper describing an mRNA vaccine intended to reduce the length of tick bites to before the pests can transmit diseases...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 18, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
"Tick Tactics" -- The Discovery Files
Scientists at the University of Cincinnati say the hungrier ticks are, the harder they try to find people or other hosts -- a finding that could have implications for the spread of tick-borne diseases such as Lyme or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The researchers explain that starved ticks' metabolisms speed up, causing them to hunt more aggressively. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - December 8, 2018 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
" Turning the Phage " -- The Discovery Files
The virus called a bacteriophage, found in Dodge Pond in East Lyme, attacks a common multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogen called Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can lethally infect people with compromised immune systems. In a neat evolutionary trick, the virus attaches to the cell membrane where bacteria pump out antibiotics, a system that had originally evolved to resist antibiotics. The presence of the virus in turn leads to evolutionary changes in the bacterial membrane that makes this pumping mechanism less efficient. This makes bacteria once more susceptible to existing antibiotics. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - July 12, 2016 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
Review of Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is very common in certain regions of the country and is caused by the spirochete Borrelia bergdorferi. Lyme disease is transmitted by tick bites and in this podcast we review the discovery of Lyme disease, its major clinical features, and how to diagnose and treat it, as told by Dr Alan Steere, Dr Lyndon Hu, and Dr Paul Auerwerter. Related article: (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - July 12, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
The Discovery of Lyme Disease with Dr Allen Steere
Dr Allen Steere discovered Lyme disease and discusses what he saw and did when confronted early in his career with a previously undescribed disease. Late stage disease, a form not commonly seen today, is discussed in detail since that is how the disease presented before its cause was determined. Related article: Review of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - June 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Interview with Dr Allen Steere on Lyme Disease
Dr Allen Steere discovered Lyme disease and discusses what he saw and did when confronted early in his career with a previously undescribed disease. Late stage disease, a form not commonly seen today, is discussed in detail since that is how the disease presented before its cause was determined. Related article: Review of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - June 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Review of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis
Interview with Linden Hu, MD, author of
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human
Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis: A Review (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - April 26, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
December 8 2015 Issue
1) Response to shunting and predictors of response in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Farrah Mateen interviews Dr. John Halperin about the AAN guideline on response to shunting and predictors of response in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Dr. Qadeer Arshad for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about his p...
Source: Neurology Podcast - December 7, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: American Academy of Neurology Source Type: podcasts
" Tick Talk " -- The Discovery Files
Conclusions on blacklegged tick emergence were based on nineteen years of data collected at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - April 1, 2015 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
