I’ve admired the cockroach’s ability to regrow lost legs since learning about them while working on my PhD in developmental genetics ages…
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post Leaping Lizards Regenerate Limbs, Thanks to CRISPR and Stem CellsRead more
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post Antibody Cocktails Against Future COVID Variants, Thanks to Global Consortium CoVICRead more
“Give us your antibodies” might be the mantra of the The CoVIC Consortium, a global group of eclectic experts who introduce a…
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post Does a Vitamin Deficiency in the Brain Lie Behind Huntington’s Disease?Read more
The Huntington’s disease (HD) community has recently experienced setbacks, but a new research report may reignite hope, from an unexpected source: the…
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post How the Tabby Got Its StripesRead more
In 1902’s Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling famously explained how the leopard got his spots in what would today be deemed an…
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post New COVID Vaccines and More: A Perusal of ClinicalTrials.govRead more
The pandemic has upended many practices, among them peer review of technical medical and scientific articles. Lax Peer Review + Social Media…
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post The Tomorrow War on Amazon Prime Echoes COVID: Science from the Past Saves Humanity’s FutureRead more
Scary monsters, time travel, and a female protagonist plucked from The Handmaid’s Tale cast: what could be better? A Derivative Plot with…
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post New Target for Treating Huntington’s Disease: Controlling Runaway DNA RepairRead more
When results of a clinical trial of a treatment for a rare disease are disappointing, feelings of despair among hopeful affected families…
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post Returning to Live Music and How a Tiny Mutation Sent Delta All Over the WorldRead more
A few nights ago I went to my first live music show since pre-pandemic times: Ann Wilson, the vocalist from Heart. She…
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post Cats’ Genomes Make Them Good Models for Human DiseaseRead more
Over the years, I’ve shared my home with 17 felines. Several have perched on my printer while I cranked out many articles…
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post Scary Variants and Vaccine Hesitancy Set Up a Perfect Storm – for the VirusRead more
As people in the US grapple with a return to masking to stay ahead of the delta and lambda variants and their…
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post Katla on Netflix: Volcanoes, Glaciers, and Meteorites, Oh My!Read more
I usually write about a sci fi book or film midsummer. That’s more necessary this summer than ever, when science reality &ndash…
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post Looking Into a COVID Lung Using Spatial TranscriptomicsRead more
As the early weeks of the pandemic unfolded and health care workers struggled to save so many lives, researchers began tracking the…