013: Stop Cloning Around, Bananas!




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Summary: This week we host Dr. Sari Sabban (No relation to Ammar) a molecular biologist and biotechnologist. Sari tells us how he got into science and the interesting journey on how he ended up as a molecular biology.<br> We discuss DNA, the human genome project, and protein folding. Then Sari proceeds to blow our minds with amazing biological facts: Gros Michel bananas, fecal transplantation, crowdsourcing technologies in science, anti-vaxxers, vitamin C and much more!<br> <br> Show Links<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Avanquest-Software-RS8-DVD-Redshift-Premium/dp/B00N2HRPX8/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=software&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1459523025&amp;sr=1-1-spell&amp;keywords=red+shift+astronomy" target="_blank">Red Shift Astronomy CD Series</a><br> * <a href="http://www.genome.gov/10001772" target="_blank">The Human Genome Project</a><br> * <a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/home/" target="_blank">Folding@Home</a><br> * <a href="http://fold.it/portal/" target="_blank">Fold It Game</a><br> * <a href="http://www.thehpp.org/" target="_blank">Human Proteome Project</a><br> * <a href="http://seti.org" target="_blank">Seti Project</a><br> * <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/2400090/man-who-hasnt-showered-in-12-years-to-sell-his-secret-spray-that-keeps-him-clean/" target="_blank">The Man Who Hasn’t Showered In 12 Years</a><br> * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_disease" target="_blank">Panama diesease</a><br> * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine_controversies" target="_blank">Vaccine Controversies</a><br> * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling#Medical_research_and_vitamin_C_advocacy" target="_blank">Linus Pualing &amp; Vitamin C Advocacy</a><br> * <a href="http://t3rfde.com" target="_blank">T3rf De</a><br> <br> Errata<br> Sari mentioned that Cavendish bananas got extinct. However he meant Gros Michel bananas which were completely wiped out from South America due to the Panama disea<br>  <br> 50% Arabic – 50% English<br>