Season 2, Ep. 6: Infection Biomes Prof. Brett Finlay

Biomes by Dr. Ruairi Robertson

Mar 3, 202145:02Science & Medicine

Infectious diseases have largely been replaced by chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer in the Western world. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that humans are still at significant risk fr...

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