Low-Allergy Soybean

Low-Allergy Soybean

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 68 , Segment 6

Episode: Memorial Day, Emotional Disconnect, K-12 Financial Education

  • May 21, 2015 9:00 pm
  • 14:20 mins

Guest: Eliot Herman, professor in the school of plant sciences at the University of Arizona and co-author of a report in the journal Plant Sciences about a new variety of low-allergenic soybean  Soybeans are one of the biggest culprits in food allergies in America. They’re also a major ingredient in many infant formulas, processed foods and even livestock feed. A team of researchers at the University of Arizona have engineered a soybean without the protein that provokes an allergic reaction. And, they’ve made the bean more useful as livestock feed in the process.

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Cervantes and Don Quixote

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Guest: Dale Pratt, professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature here at Brigham Young University. He joined us today to talk about the recent discovery of the remains of Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, which is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of modern literature  After a seemingly quixotic search spanning decades, archaeologists and historians in Spain have discovered what they believe to be the long-lost remains of the man who wrote Don Quixote. They’ve unearthed bones and a coffin marked “M C” beneath a 17th Century convent in Madrid, prompting us to reflect on the significance of the author and his magnum opus. It appears regularly on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published and is often considered to be one of the first modern novels. What makes Don Quixote so important?

Guest: Dale Pratt, professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature here at Brigham Young University. He joined us today to talk about the recent discovery of the remains of Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, which is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of modern literature  After a seemingly quixotic search spanning decades, archaeologists and historians in Spain have discovered what they believe to be the long-lost remains of the man who wrote Don Quixote. They’ve unearthed bones and a coffin marked “M C” beneath a 17th Century convent in Madrid, prompting us to reflect on the significance of the author and his magnum opus. It appears regularly on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published and is often considered to be one of the first modern novels. What makes Don Quixote so important?