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When the Killers Become Thieves - Special Episode

December 08, 2022 • BEaTS Research Radio • Season 1 • Episode 146

TMM student Rohan Ray interviews professor and scientist Dr. Michele Ardolino at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Dr. Ardolino is an immunology expert and is highly established in this field, with many publications in top scientific journals. One of his studies that is discussed in this podcast is leukemia. In leukemia, a theft between cells called trogocytosis equips blood cancer cells for victory against the immune system.

Learn more: https://www.ohri.ca/profile/mardolino

Ragav Chona (Content Generation, Editor & Producer), Alyanna Popatia (Content Generation & Producer), Rohan Ray (Voice), Salman Abdisalam (Pre-Production)

00:48 - What sparked Dr. Ardolino's interest in the field
06:14 - Dr. Ardolino's explanation of trogocytosis
10:32 - Credits that thinking and luck is needed for new discoveries!
13:15 - Collaboration is key!

Soundtrack by Oleksii Kaplunskyi (LesFM) all rights reserved. Listen more https://bit.ly/2Jr35tF https://spoti.fi/2L952eF