Episode 529
The A - Zika of viruses: Preventing Pandemics
Where do new diseases come from, and how can we fight them?
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
March 8, 20161h 0m
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Show Notes
With infectious diseases wiping out millions each year, we look at how we can predict pandemics, whether scientists should be allowed to engineer super viruses, and how war and politics could prevent us from winning the fight against polio. Plus, news of how laughing gas could prevent PTSD, a breakthrough in soft-robotics and why skipping sleep could give you the munchies. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
smallpoxdiseaseseradicationpoliopandemicszikaviruses