Higgins: Tricking Your Body

Higgins: Tricking Your Body

New member John Higgins in their most recent piece examines a novel technique by the Fred Hutch Cancer Center called targeted protein degradation that could be able to overcome the shortfalls of regular inhibitors. Usually cancer medicine works by inhibiting specific...
Steinberg: Powering the Future

Steinberg: Powering the Future

For Oregon State University, Nancy Steinberg writes about a deep examination into the minerals that are critical to many of modern day inventions. Despite the global shift towards renewables and other green technologies, we are still dependent on the minerals that...
Hickey: Benefits of Whale Poop

Hickey: Benefits of Whale Poop

A story by member Hannah Hickey explores a theory by University of Washington researchers that whale poop is beneficial to the fostering of marine life. While whales, feasting upon incredible amounts of krill, were once thought to limit their population, studies have...
Tompa:  Suspended Animation

Tompa: Suspended Animation

In their write-up for the Allen Institute, Rachel Tompa shines light on an innovative immune profiling technology called Cryoscape that will aid researchers, clinicians, and patients in crossing a significant roadblock in testing: blood preservation. Blood often...