by Susan Keown | Aug 21, 2024 | ScienceWire
For Fred Hutch News Service, Bonnie Rochman marks the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the role of EGFR gene mutations in lung cancer treatment with the story of a woman who has survived metastatic lung cancer for two decades thanks to the therapies the discovery...
by Susan Keown | Aug 21, 2024 | ScienceWire
Writing for the Society for Neuroscience’s Neuroscience Quarterly, Ellen Kuwana reports on what sleep does for us and how sex hormones play a role in sleep. New research in lab rodents details the role that estrogen plays on the neurons and gene networks involved in...
by Susan Keown | Aug 21, 2024 | ScienceWire
New research on the molecular mechanisms of inflammatory bowel disease points toward potential avenues for treatment, writes Heidi Ledford for Nature. IBD is a catch-all term for a variety of intestinal diseases involving chronic inflammation, with pain, diarrhea, and...
by Susan Keown | Aug 21, 2024 | ScienceWire
In a feature for High Country News, Sarah Trent writes about what happened to small farms in California after massive flooding in the winter of 2022-23 when a series of atmospheric rivers drenched the state. She takes us into the lives of two Hispanic families who run...
by Susan Keown | Jun 29, 2024 | ScienceWire
Lynne Peeples’ new book, “The Inner Clock: Living in Sync with our Circadian Rhythms” is now available for preorder from Riverhead Books. From the publisher: “Your body contains a symphony of tiny timepieces, synchronized to the sun and subtle signals in your...
by Susan Keown | Jun 29, 2024 | ScienceWire
For USA Today’s Fact Check team, Kate S. Petersen debunks a viral Facebook post that misrepresented new research on Antarctic ice shelves. The study looked at a subset of ice shelves and found they are growing, but the post conflates the ice shelves with the overall...
