Using Rice to Prevent HIV

Using Rice to Prevent HIV

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 908 , Segment 3

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  • Sep 26, 2018 9:00 pm
  • 10:09 mins

Guest: Evangelia Vamvaka, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley While the spread of HIV and rates of treatment for the virus have improved dramatically over the last 20 years, women and girls remain at serious risk. The majority of new HIV infections globally are among women and young women, in particular, are twice as likely to acquire HIV as young men the same age. This imbalance is driven by sexual violence and the inability of women in some cultures to demand that an infected partner take precautions to prevent the virus from spreading to her. Could a newly engineered strain of rice inhibit the tranmission of HIV through sexual intercourse?

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Guest: Doris Santoro, PhD, Associate Professor, Education and Chair of the Education Department, Bowdoin College Many of America’s teachers are unhappy. In states across the country, from West Virginia to Washington State, teachers have marched on state capitols and held strikes this year. They want better pay, smaller classrooms, better financial support for programs. Many oppose state and federal rules that require teachers to use certain textbooks or give their students high-pressure tests. But when teachers are protesting, they’re not in the classroom doing their jobs. Is it possible for teachers to resist and press for change in their profession without derailing the education of the children in their care? Listen to