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January 29, 2018

#1428: “Finding A New York-Chernobyl Link”

A professor was called in to help determine the cause of an outbreak of an extremely rare cancer in New York City. What she found took those scientists halfway around the world.

Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll from that professor and how she helped solve this puzzle.

https://wamcpodcasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/tbook1428.mp3

We’ll also hear about a partnership between a community college and a computer giant…learn the science behind gene splicing to help cure disease…and spend an Academic Minute looking for a new way to fight Lyme disease.

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