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Join first-year student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Farah Flowers, in this introductory episode of Bioterror. In this episode, we'll explore the basics of bioterrorism including what it is, the different classes that are defined within bioterrorism, and looking at a real-life a case study.

If you enjoy thrillers, zombie movies, or horror video games, this will be the podcast for you. Depending on what you like, you may be able to learn some true facts about some things that inspire your favorite horror media!

Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-white-house-signals-that-bioterrorism-and-disease-dont-matter--again/2018/05/22/5a5b0c0c-5dd1-11e8-b2b8-08a538d9dbd6_story.html

https://search.credoreference.com/content/title/sharpewt?tab=contents

https://emergency.cdc.gov/bioterrorism/

https://rushemergencymedicine.org/2019/01/09/bioterrorism-in-a-rush/

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In this episode of the Natural Sciences Podcast, I explore the threat of antibiotic resistant bacteria in contemporary society. Beyond learning of the dangers of this threat, I offer a variety a methods to help combat the spread of these silent killers.

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Antimicrobial Resistance Now Causes More Deaths than HIV/AIDS and Malaria Worldwide - a New Study, https://theconversation.com/antimicrobial-resistance-now-causes-more-deaths-than-hiv-aids-and-malaria-worldwide-new-study-175351

Multidrug Resistant and Extensively Drug Resistant Bacteria: A Study, https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jpath/2016/4065603/

About Antibiotic Resistance, https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/about.html

Antiobiotic Resistance: How has it become a Global Threat to Public Health?, https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/282357

Duke-Led Research Network Addressing Antibacterial Resistance, https://physicians.dukehealth.org/articles/duke-led-research-network-addressing-antibacterial-resistance

Antibiotic Resistance, https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/antibiotic_resistance.htm

More People Died of Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infections in 2019 than HIV or Malaria, New Study Suggests, https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/health/bacterial-antimicrobial-resistance/index.html

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Chronic illness is the leading cause of deaths around the world. Humans worship shoe game. How are these trends related? Learn about grounding and why going barefoot could be the solution to humanity’s health crisis.

The host, Mary Claire Haldeman, is an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is passionate about researching alternative approaches to medicine and discovering effective holistic healing practices.

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28987038/ by Stephen T. Sinatra, James L. Oschman, Gaétan Chevalier, and Drew Sinatra.

Sinatra, S. T., Oschman, J. L., Chevalier, G., & Sinatra, D. (2017). Electric Nutrition: The Surprising Health and Healing Benefits of Biological Grounding (Earthing). Alternative therapies in health and medicine, 23(5), 8–16.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378297/ by James L. Oschman, Gaétan Chevalier, and Richard Brown.

Oschman, J. L., Chevalier, G., & Brown, R. (2015). The effects of grounding (earthing) on inflammation, the immune response, wound healing, and prevention and treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Journal of inflammation research, 8, 83–96. https://doi.org/10.2147/JIR.S69656

https://www-frontiersin-org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2019.00737/full by Jixin Zhong and Guixiu Shi.

Zhong J and Shi G (2019) Editorial: Regulation of Inflammation in Chronic Disease. Front. Immunol. 10:737. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00737

https://www.healthline.com/health/grounding

http://bti.edu/pdfs/Oschman_Living-Matrix-Concept.pdf

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830719305476

https://earthinginstitute.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/thermographycasehistories2004.pdf

https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Nutrition/Book%3A_Nutrition_Science_and_Everyday_Application_(Callahan_Leonard_and_Powell)/08%3A_Vitamins_and_Minerals_I/8.06%3A_Vitamins_and_Minerals_as_Antioxidants

https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/chronic-disease-in-the-united-states-a-worsening-health-and-economic-crisis/

https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/programs-impact/budget/index.htm

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This episode was published by Sydney Martin, and describes the technology associated with organ engineering, in which the extracellular matrix of organs and other human tissues are filled with new cells to produce a new functioning tissue.

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Cell-Derived Extracellular Matrix for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Marisa Assuncao, Dorsa Deghan-Baniani, Chi Him Kendrick Yiu, Thomas Spater, Sebastian Beyer, Anna Blocki, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2020.602009/full

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, https://www.nibib.nih.gov/science-education/science-topics/tissue-engineering-and-regenerative-medicine

Decellularized extracellular matrix scaffolds: Recent trends and emerging strategies in tissue engineering, Xuewei Zhang, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452199X2100431X?via%3Dihub

Role of the extracellular matrix in whole organ engineering, Denver M Faulk, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24347365/

Organ engineering based on decellularized matrix scaffolds, Jeremy J. Song, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471491411000633