Holding on to power

Holding on to power

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The lost Lyme vaccine

Vijay Sikand is a family doctor in the Connecticut town that gave Lyme disease its name. When a pharmaceutical company came to town to test a vaccine, he built a career and a community around the trial. Then the Lyme vaccine became a cautionary tale. Guest: Vijay Sikand, MD, fami ...  Show more

The cells we share

Fetuses leave cells behind in their parents' bodies, where they braid themselves into tissues, and remain, for years. What are they doing in there? Guests: ⁠Amy Boddy⁠, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara; ⁠Lee Nelson⁠, Professor Eme ...  Show more

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