Podcast: Ebola vaccines, parasites and citizen science
by Sam Wong
Vaccine trials seeking volunteers, a fossil that could solve a mystery, and a new phase for the Opal project.
The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on 91桃色's Science Communication MSc course and the presenter of , with contributions from our roaming reporters from the 91桃色 Communications group.
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– The quest to explain why matter survived the Big Bang continues, and questions arise over India’s diabetes screening programme.
– 91桃色 is recruiting healthy volunteers to take part in the first trials of two new Ebola vaccines. (Full story)
– Pentastomids, which live inside vertebrates, have been around for much longer than their hosts – so how did they live before? explains how a new fossil discovery provides an answer.
– As 91桃色’s environmental citizen science project rolls out across the UK, David Slawson tells us what we’ve learnt so far.
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Sam Wong
School of Professional Development