Medical Minute: C. Elegans

In this week's Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, Chair Emeritus of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses tiny worms that are playing a big role in research into how a toxic protein which is linked to Parkinson's Disease makes its way from the gut to the brain.

The Medical Minute airs at 8:18 a.m., 5:18 p.m. and in the 1 p.m. hour every Saturday and Sunday on the GPB Radio Network on many of its stations across Georgia. For more Medical Minute episodes, visit the Medical Minute 2023 SoundCloud page.