Bonnie Petrie
Bioscience & Medicine Reporterbonnie@TPR.org
Twitter : @kbonniepetrie
Bonnie Petrie covers bioscience and medicine for Texas Public Radio and is the host of the Petrie Dish podcast, which explores science, medicine, and life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bonnie grew up on the Canadian border in northern New York, but has happily called Texas home for nearly 20 years. She is a 2017 Texas Radio Hall of Fame nominee in recognition of her work in Houston and Dallas before moving to San Antonio, and has received several Edward R Murrow, Associated Press, and other journalism awards throughout her career.
Most recently, Bonnie worked in Los Angeles and reported for public radio stations KPCC and KCRW. She is mom to a high schooler, two dogs, two cats and spends her free time solving family mysteries through genetic genealogy.
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It’s been more than four years since COVID changed our lives, and scientists are still trying to figure out why this novel coronavirus makes some people so sick, and others never get it.
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Blood flow restriction ahead of surgery could be key.
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For the last five years, first responders all over the world have been watching San Antonio.
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One of the handiest tools in our immune system is an enzyme called apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide — better known as APOBECs.
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UT Health San Antonio oncologist Josephine Taverna envisions a revolution in lung cancer treatment.
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Imagine going to the eye doctor and getting a cheap, non-invasive test that could help you fight dementia. A doctor at UT Health San Antonio is working on it.
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Anibal Diogenes, D.D.S., Ph.D., is an endodontist, the branch of dentistry that deals with the innermost part of the tooth called pulp, a connective tissue that has immunological, reparative functions.
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He presided over UT Health San Antonio for 15 years, during which it became a top-ranked academic health center.
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The journey began with the story of the Spanish boar that saved Castro’s life.
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Four years later, we are still firmly in the grip of this coronavirus, and it’s unclear when — or if — we’ll ever be free.