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Rosalind Franklin — Women’s History Month Profile in Science

Rosalind Franklin — Women’s History Month Profile in Science

She never won a Nobel prize, but her work did. Proof of the now famous double-helix of deoxyribonucleic acid — the shape of DNA — was her…
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
We Need to Continue to Learn from Historical Flu Outbreaks

We Need to Continue to Learn from Historical Flu Outbreaks

Since at least 1580, the influenza virus has spread among humans. Since 1945, we’ve been able to prevent it.
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Why Is the Common Cold so Common?

Why Is the Common Cold so Common?

We’ve all wondered it while trying so very hard to breathe through our mouths and not cough until we’re light-headed as we suffer through…
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Allergy Shots Put My Life Back on Track

Allergy Shots Put My Life Back on Track

Agreeing to being stabbed every week was one of the best things I ever did
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Common Pathogenic Bacteria That Are Probably Living on You Right Now

Common Pathogenic Bacteria That Are Probably Living on You Right Now

Germophobes are not going to like this. But I’m not being sensational. We all have bacteria living on us, and in us, that time has…
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
When XX Isn’t Enough

When XX Isn’t Enough

Female-related birth defects
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Psilocin in Microdosing Gummies Is Making People Sick

Psilocin in Microdosing Gummies Is Making People Sick

The latest culprits among unregulated supplements
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
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Commensal Bacteria and the Human Host

Commensal Bacteria and the Human Host

A quick overview of the bacterial microbiotas of the human microbiome
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
What the US Got Wrong in the COVID-19 Response

What the US Got Wrong in the COVID-19 Response

Bad public messaging and a lack of fortitude
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Brain Regions Involved in the Fear Response

Brain Regions Involved in the Fear Response

The fear response is a complex cascade of chemical and electrical signals. These signals are triggered by the involuntary part of the…
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Copy Number Variation — A Repetitive Element of the Human Genome

Copy Number Variation — A Repetitive Element of the Human Genome

The human genome includes a number of repetitive elements. One specific type of repetitive sequence is copy number variation.
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Childhood Antibiotic Use Is Associated with Asthma

Childhood Antibiotic Use Is Associated with Asthma

Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition that compromises the ability to breathe due to airway inflammation — the airways may swell…
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Why Is Dichloroacetate not Approved as a Cancer Treatment?

Why Is Dichloroacetate not Approved as a Cancer Treatment?

Side effects have stood in the way of a potential therapeutic for decades
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Gender vs. Sex in Biology and Society

Gender vs. Sex in Biology and Society

Our vocabulary fails to capture reality
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Causes of Aicardi Syndrome — Disordered Brain Formation

Causes of Aicardi Syndrome — Disordered Brain Formation

Aicardi syndrome is a rare genetic disorder in which the brain does not properly form before birth — specifically, the corpus callosum…
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
How the Theory of Evolution Has Changed Since Darwin

How the Theory of Evolution Has Changed Since Darwin

Many scientific fields have added to and changed our understanding of variation in populations over time
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Scarlet Fever — A Source of High Mortality Before Antibiotics

Scarlet Fever — A Source of High Mortality Before Antibiotics

Strep throat used to be a lot more dangerous
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
There Is No Going to Back to Normal Post-COVID

There Is No Going to Back to Normal Post-COVID

We collectively missed the window of opportunity
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
What the Plague Foretold About COVID

What the Plague Foretold About COVID

The Black Death has similarities to the current pandemic
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
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