SciFri Radio: Infectious Diseases

SciFri Radio: New Tuberculosis Strain Thwarts All Antibiotics
Maryn McKenna, author of Superbug, discusses the possible origins of the strain.

SciFri Radio: Hitting The ‘Off’ Switch On Antibiotic Resistance
Nanotechnologist Chad Mirkin discusses next-generation antibiotics that target a bacterium’s DNA.

SciFri Radio: Mosquitoes Engineered To Kill Their Own Kind
Researchers hope to crash populations of dengue-transmitting mosquitoes, using genetic engineering.

SciFri Radio: DNA Detective Work Identifies Black Death Culprit
Scientists and historians have long debated whether the bacterium Yersinia pestis caused the Plague.

SciFri Radio: Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea Found In Japan
A new multi-drug resistant strain of gonorrhea has been found in Japan.

SciFri Radio: Science Diction: The Origin Of The Word "Syphilis"
Medical historian Dr. Howard Markel and STD expert Dr. Peter Leone discuss the history of syphilis.

SciFri Radio: Human Papillomavirus Infection And Cancer Risk
HPV infection rate in men increases with number of sex partners.

SciFri Radio: Science Diction: The Origin Of 'Antibiotic'
A Naval officer coined the term 'antibiotic' in 1860, to describe his opposition to beliefs in alien life.

SciFri Radio: Infection
About 100,000 people die every year due to infections acquired in a hospital, according to a new government report. In this hour, we'll look at the...

SciFri Radio: Smallpox
We'll talk about the history of the international effort to eradicate smallpox worldwide.

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Infectious Diseases

Newsbrief: Feeling Feverish? Sit Still
Viruses evolve differently depending on how free their hosts are to move and mingle.

Newsbrief: Killing Disease with Bugs
One proposed method to fight malaria is to modify the genes of the mosquitoes that carry the disease.