479: Uncomplicated Critters Conquer Cancer

<p>This episode: Simple microscopic animals can survive extreme radiation by ejecting damaged cells that might otherwise become cancer!</p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/bacteriofiles/BF479.mp3">Download Episode</a></span> (7.3 MB, 9.2 minutes)<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Show notes:</span><br /> Microbe of the episode: <a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30764217/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>Helleborus</em> net necrosis virus</a></p> <p><a href= "https://phys.org/news/2022-01-microorganism-cancer-resistance.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">News item</a></p> <div><strong>Takeaways</strong></div> <div> <div> <div> <div>Any multicellular organism with different types of cells needs some sort of cell regulation, to keep each cell type doing what it's supposed to do for the good of the organism as a whole. We know what happens when this regulation fails and one type of cells starts multiplying out of control: ca...