Click above to listen to part 1 of Battling Bacteria, featuring Jennifer DeBruyn, Microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who also works at the Anthropology Research Facility, a.k.a. the Body Farm, describing the processes of decay being studied there, and how the chemicals we ingest, including anti-biotics, might affect that decay.

Battling Bacteria:
Part 1: Jennifer DeBruyn / Tainted Decay
Part 2: Strathdee & Patterson / Phage Therapy
Part 3: Mark Honigsbaum / The Pandemic Century

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