Viruses are Us!
Update: 2025-06-24
Description
In this week’s science show Beth talks with genome biologist Ed Chuong of CU Boulder’s innovation incubator, the Biofrontiers Institute. Ed takes us for a whirlwind tour of the evolutionary history of these viral invaders of our genome, and some examples of how they can simultaneously be friend and foe. Teaser, did you realize that the genes that allow the formation of the placenta, the organ that nourishes human (and other mammal) fetuses, came from viruses!
Executive Producer: Joel Parker
Show Producer: Beth Bennett
Engineer: Jackie Sedley
Listen to the show:
Comments
In Channel
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States00:00
00:00
x
