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“Infection” (March 8, 2014)

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Today on A Science Story, we are getting excited about contagions! We’ll be chatting about those tiny little *things* that can be passed from one ailing organism to another: bacteria, viruses, prions, and even contagious cancers.

(Be sure to have some disinfectant handy).

Visit the webpage for this episode, with music credits here. Title image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Rocky Mountain Laboratories), and used under a Creative Commons attribution license.

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March 8th 2014
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