Paper Diagnostics in the Tropical World: A Complex Issue

Infectious diseases like Zika and Dengue have been spiking on public health radars for the last few years. They are simply the latest in what is a yearly outbreak of mostly mosquito-borne diseases that regularly strike the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. These are coincidentally the same regions with large populations of the … Read morePaper Diagnostics in the Tropical World: A Complex Issue

Ending the Sex Bias in Biomedical Research and Clinical Medicine

A little over twenty years ago, doctors started prescribing a sleeping pill to men and women called Ambien. The following two decades witnessed at least 700 driving mishaps that were attributed to its usage. Many of these cases were women who were falling asleep at the wheel the morning after they had taken the drug … Read moreEnding the Sex Bias in Biomedical Research and Clinical Medicine

Soundslides: Joanna Cutts’ Cogitania

Joanna Cutts’ is the proprietor of Cogitania, a “land of thinkers”, that functions out of Knightmoves Café. Children of all ages gather to really think about science and art. Scientists and graduate students in the area are tutors to bright minds who are always looking to satiate their curiosity. Tutors of science are aplenty in … Read moreSoundslides: Joanna Cutts’ Cogitania

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