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Taking on African Sleeping Sickness with Chemistry
Top of Mind with Julie Rose
Supreme Court Nomination Shenanigans, Using Vultures to Solve Crimes, African Sleeping Sickness
Episode: Supreme Court Nomination Shenanigans, Using Vultures to Solve Crimes, African Sleeping Sickness
- Jul 11, 2018 11:00 pm
- 16:42 mins
Guest: Ken Christensen, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, Brigham Young University African Sleeping Sickness kills up to half a million people a world – mostly in hot sub-Saharan Africa. With the magic of careful chemistry and some glowing proteins, there might be new treatment options against the parasite that causes it.