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To Smell a Rose…

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Tara Haelle

This May, will you be celebrating Mom with a fragrant bunch of plant genitals?

by Jenny Morber Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Chemistry | Tagged aromatherapy, flowers, Jenny Morber, Mother’s Day, plants, rose, scent

Getting To Know Myself Through DNA Testing

Posted on May 23, 2014 by DXS Contributor

The undiscovered countries lying within our cells

by Patricia Valoy Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Everything else | Tagged DNA testing, Patricia Valoy

Ladies? It gets better

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Emily

Emily Graslie promises.

by Emily Willingham Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, DoubleXpression | Tagged Emily Graslie, The Brain Scoop, women in science, women in STEM

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Leave no vagina behind

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Tara Haelle

Painful intercourse after menopause has solutions

by Tara Haelle
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Posted in Biology, Health | Tagged dyspareunia, estrogen, FDA, intercourse, Jen Gunter, menopause, NAMS, ospemifene, Osphena, Ricki Pollycove, sex, vaginal estrogen, Virginia Madsen, vulvovaginal atrophy

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Of CRISPR/Cas and the power of basic research

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Jeffrey Perkel

Researchers discover what they didn’t set out to find.

By Jeffrey M. Perkel

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Posted in Biology, Everything else | Tagged CRISPR/Cas, Emmanuelle Charpentier, genome editing, George Church, Jeffrey Perkel, Jennifer Doudna

How close is a malaria vaccine?

Posted on September 18, 2013 by DXS Contributor

Malaria hits pregnant women and children especially hard.

by Alexa C. Kurzius Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Everything else, Health, Pregnancy 101 | Tagged Alexa Kurzius, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, malaria, malaria vaccine, vaccine

Back-to-school fact check: Head lice

Posted on August 7, 2013 by DXS Contributor

What you’ve heard about treatment is probably wrong.

by Matt Shipman Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Health | Tagged head lice, head lice treatment, lice myths, louse, Matt Shipman

Smoke signals cancer’s edges in surgery

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Jeffrey Perkel

Smoke from cauterized tissues can ID tumor margins

by Jeffrey Perkel Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Everything else, Health | Tagged breast cancer, iKnife, Jeffrey Perkel, lumpectomy, mass spec, mass spectrometry, mastecomy, tumor margin

The gummy deficiency

Posted on July 21, 2013 by DXS Contributor

How prenatal gummy vitamins fall short.

by Joss Fong Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Everything else, Health, Pregnancy 101 | Tagged gummy prenatal vitamins, gummy vitamins, iron in pregnancy, Joss Fong, pregnancy, prenatal vitamins

Maternal abortion history no longer a risk for preterm birth

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Tara Haelle

What once was a link has now vanished.

by Tara Haelle Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Everything else, Health, Pregnancy 101 | Tagged abortion, abortion and preterm birth, abortion risk, Clare Oliver-Williams, PLOS Medicine, Tara Haelle

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