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Science
Friday > Archives > 2002 > August > August 23, 2002:
Hour One: Anthrax
vs Phages / Oil's Origins / Voyager
In this hour, it's a roundup of the week's science news. First, we'll
hear about a possible method for detecting and destroying anthrax
using a protein from phages, viruses that destroy other microorganisms.
Then, we'll talk with the author of a recent paper on oil's origins,
and research that shows that hydrocarbons can be produced from inorganic
materials under high heat and pressure. Is the term 'fossil fuels'
inaccurate? We'll wrap up the hour with a look back at the 25-year-long
mission of the Voyager space probes, now the most distsnt objects
made by humans..
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required).
Guests:
Vincent A. Fischetti
Professor
Laboratory
of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology
Rockefeller University
New York, New York
J.F. Kenney
Gas Resources Corporation
Houston, Texas
Ellis Miner
Former Deputy Project Scientist, Voyager
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasedena, California
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
Medicine:
Defence against anthrax
Rockefeller University: press release on anthrax / phage work
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention - anthrax
July
21, 2000, Hour One: Phage Therapy
PNAS
-- Abstracts: Kenney et al. 99 (17): 10976
American
Petroleum Institute
Voyager
Voyager
Celebrates 25 Years of Space Discovery (washingtonpost.com)
NSSDC:
Voyager Project Information
This segment produced by Charles
Bergquist and Jesse Logan
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