Tag: lyme disease
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Best of Week – Most Popular Segment – Robert Linhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Kicking Lyme disease Without Antibiotics or Vaccines
This is Best of Week on The Academic Minute. For the Most Popular Segment Award, Robert Linhardt, professor of biocatalysis and metabolic engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, explored a new approach to treating Lyme disease. After 21 years on the faculty of the University of Iowa, Linhardt joined Rensselaer in 2003 as a senior constellation…
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Robert Linhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Kicking Lyme Disease Without Antibiotics or Vaccines
We all want to find a way to kick Lyme disease to the curb. Robert Linhardt, professor of biocatalysis and metabolic engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, explores a new approach to treating the disease. After 21 years on the faculty of the University of Iowa, Linhardt joined Rensselaer in 2003 as a senior constellation professor.…
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Keith Clay, Indiana University – Tick Risks
Don’t get scared, but the threat of ticks is growing! Keith Clay, biologist at Indiana University, details the increasing presence of these insects. A Distinguished Professor of Biology at Indiana University Bloomington, Keith Clay studies how microbial interactions affect the dynamics of ecological communities. This research falls into four general areas: the microbial community ecology…
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Michelle Hersh, Sarah Lawrence College – Lyme Disease and an Unlikely Relationship
“We couldn’t detect an effect, which is really surprising,” said Michelle Hersh in a recent article that appeared in the Poughkeepsie Journal. Dr. Hersh is speaking about the unlikely relationship between ticks and white-footed mice. Though these ticks carry Lyme disease, the population of white-footed mice appears to be unharmed. Dr. Michelle Hersh is an…