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623: The Amazing World of Fungi with Arturo Casadevall
623: The Amazing World of Fungi with Arturo Casadevall
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Jun 5, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Fungi have played an important role both in culinary and medicinal traditions for 1000s of years, but these magical living organisms are often overlooked - both for good and bad - when it comes to the future of our health and planet. What if a new heat-loving fungus takes over? What if a fungus holds the key to an anti-cancer or vaccination? We’ll explore these questions and more on this week’s podcast. Listen and learn: Microbial differences: bacteria, yeast, and fungi Risk of future fungal outbreaks Rewards of potential medicines and cures The known vs. unknown mystery of fungi Links Arturo Casadevall ABOUT OUR GUEST Arturo Casadevall is a physician-scientist and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His research focuses on fungal and bacterial pathogenesis, antibody structure-function, and improving the scientific process. He’s written a number of books, the newest is, What if fungi Win? Like the Show? Leave us a review Check out our YouTube channel
Released:
Jun 5, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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