#88 Phenomenon

BrainWaves: A Neurology Podcast

• Episode: #88 Phenomenon
• Website: BrainWaves: A Neurology Podcast
• Feed URL: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:214831941/sounds.rss
• Duration: 00:18:56
• Published: 2017-12-07 11:00

This week on the show, we're discussing the science behind the fiction of George Malley, the protagonist of the 1996 classic, Phenomenon. Specifically, we ask the question, is there a disease out there which incidentally benefits the human organism? Maybe there is...

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