Sumo Wrestling in the United States

Sumo Wrestling in the United States

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 966 , Segment 2

Episode: China, Sumo Wrestling, Sriracha, Blow flies

  • Dec 17, 2018 10:00 pm
  • 15:31 mins

Guest: Andrew Freund, Founder, Director, US Sumo Open Did you know Sumo has a following in the US? Andrew Freund is the founder and director of the US Sumo Open.

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What's Better than an Antibiotic? A Virus That Kills Bacteria

22 MINS

Guest: Julianne Grose, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, BYU; Richard Robison, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, BYU; Mike Alder, Director, BYU, Technology Transfer Office BYU Unless we find a way to deal with antibiotic resistance, health experts predict that thirty years from now bacterial infections will be killing as many people as diabetes and cancer do. Inventing new antibiotics to tackle so-called superbugs that are resistant to the current arsenal is a top international health priority. Here at BYU, the focus is on finding viruses that kill deadly bacteria. Instead of pumping a patient full of antibiotics, doctors might instead pump that patient full of viruses – but nice ones.

Guest: Julianne Grose, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, BYU; Richard Robison, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, BYU; Mike Alder, Director, BYU, Technology Transfer Office BYU Unless we find a way to deal with antibiotic resistance, health experts predict that thirty years from now bacterial infections will be killing as many people as diabetes and cancer do. Inventing new antibiotics to tackle so-called superbugs that are resistant to the current arsenal is a top international health priority. Here at BYU, the focus is on finding viruses that kill deadly bacteria. Instead of pumping a patient full of antibiotics, doctors might instead pump that patient full of viruses – but nice ones.