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#1428: "Finding A New York-Chernobyl Link"

U Albany

A professor was called in to help determine the cause of an outbreak of an extremely rare cancer in New York City. What she found took those scientists halfway around the world.

Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll from that professor and how she helped solve this puzzle.

We’ll also hear about a partnership between a community college and a computer giant…learn the science behind gene splicing to help cure disease…and spend an Academic Minute looking for a new way to fight Lyme disease.

Bob has been a part of the WAMC family since 2001. He currently produces and hosts National Production's The Best Of Our Knowledge. Over the years, Bob has produced The Environment Show and The Health Show for National Productions and hosted weekend mornings on WAMC for a decade. In addition to producing TBOOK, he is currently a reporter and on air host at WUWF Public Radio at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.