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Oct 8, 2008 30 min

Mud Science - Healing with Clays

from Ask A Biologist Podcast Hosted by Dr. Biology Talks with Shelley Haydel and Marissa Henderson

Do you remember playing with mud as a child? Maybe you still do enjoy making a mud pie or two. It turns out that mud—or to be correct, clays—show promise for treating and maybe curing some diseases. Listen in as co-host Marissa Henderson and Dr. Biology learn more about the amazing properties of some clays from microbiologist Shelley Haydel. If you have not already, please subscribe to the podcast so you can be notified about new episodes.

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Mud Science - Healing with Clays

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  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 2:41 We aren't really talking about mud, are we? [Dr. Biology]
  3. 2:59 Soil is everything and can include clay.
  4. 3:18 Clays are minerals.
  5. 3:37 How did you get started studying clay minerals? [Marissa]
  6. 4:04 Buruli ulcers.
  7. 6:17 Do people die from Buruli Ulcers? [Dr. Biology]
  8. 6:42 Also a bad disease because you can see it - like Leprosy.
  9. 7:18 What is is about the clay that it can be used to treat Buruli Ulcers? [Marissa]
  10. 8:16 Not all clays are created equal - correct? [Dr. Biology]
  11. 8:50 Definition of clay.
  12. 9:04 Describing and touching some of the clays brought into the studio.
  13. 11:27 How you know if a clay is killing a bacteria.
  14. 12:02 Bacteria and petri dishes. [E. Coli, Salmonella type Vernerium]
  15. 13:02 MERSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus)
  16. 13:40 Bacteria from our body and the importance of bacteria.
  17. 14:48 If clay becomes a popular treatment how would they be administered? [Marissa]
  18. 15:19 A lot of people eat and drink clay daily.
  19. 16:41 Are there clays that encourage bacteria to grow? [Dr. Biology]
  20. 17:30 Could we have the same problem of bacteria becoming resistant to clay as we have with antibiotics? [Marissa]
  21. 18:45 Do you think clays could be used to treat other diseases? [Dr. Biology]
  22. 20:19 Which clays seem to be the most promising? [Marissa]
  23. 21:54 Are we going to be able to manufacture the healing clays or is it only Mother Nature that can make them? [Dr. Biology]
  24. 23:05 When did you first know you wanted to be a biologist? [Marissa]
  25. 24:53 If you weren't a scientist what would you be or do? [Marissa]
  26. 26:30 What advice or tip for someone wanting to become a biologist or scientist. [Dr. Biology]
  27. 27:56 Did you play with mud when you were young? [Dr. Biology]
  28. 28:27 Sign-off
  29. 30:05 Podcast contest information.

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