{"id":29672,"date":"2023-06-29T09:39:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T07:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=147637"},"modified":"2023-07-03T11:38:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T09:38:28","slug":"instant-genius-podcast-the-intriguing-science-of-phages-with-tom-ireland","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/instant-genius-podcast-the-intriguing-science-of-phages-with-tom-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Genius Podcast: The intriguing science of phages, with Tom Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The viruses that could be our greatest allies in the fight against superbugs. <\/p>

By Jason Goodyer\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 29 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Instant Genius<\/em> is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. And in this episode, we explore the extraordinary science of phages.<\/p>\n

Even before the global COVID pandemic, the simple mention of the word \u2018virus\u2019 was likely to send shivers down most of our spines. But it turns out not all viruses are nasties. Ever heard of a phage? They are a type of virus that infect bacteria. Despite being one of the most common forms of life on Earth, we still only know very little about them. However, current research suggests they may just be one of our greatest allies in the fight against superbugs.<\/p>\n

Tom Ireland, author of The Good Virus: The Untold Story Of Phages<\/em>, explains all.<\/p>\n\nFind Instant Genius<\/em>\u00a0on your preferred podcast platform here:\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast<\/a><\/p>\nListen to more episodes of Instant Genius:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/fermentation-podcast\/"\">The fascinating science of fermentation, with Prof Andrea Sella<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/ghost-psychology-podcast\/"\">Why people believe in ghosts, with Ben Alderson-Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-spot-a-narcissist-with-dr-erica-hepper\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">How to spot a narcissist, with Dr Erica Hepper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/planet-earth\/water-pollution-podcast\/"\">Solving the UK\u2019s water pollution problem, with Dr Tanja Radu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/perfectionism-instant-genius-podcast\/"\">Perfectionism, with Thomas Curran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/planet-earth\/ocean-currents-podcast\/"\">The hidden ways ocean currents change our world, with Helen Czerski<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The viruses that could be our greatest allies in the fight against superbugs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":29673,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-the-intriguing-science-of-phages-with-tom-ireland.jpg",940,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-the-intriguing-science-of-phages-with-tom-ireland-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-the-intriguing-science-of-phages-with-tom-ireland-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-the-intriguing-science-of-phages-with-tom-ireland-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-the-intriguing-science-of-phages-with-tom-ireland.jpg",800,340,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-the-intriguing-science-of-phages-with-tom-ireland.jpg",940,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-the-intriguing-science-of-phages-with-tom-ireland.jpg",940,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The viruses that could be our greatest allies in the fight against superbugs.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/29672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}