#NSWASCIWIRE
Recent work by our members#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.
Rochman: Lung Cancer Science and a Survivor
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...
Kuwana: Sleep Debt, Hormones, and the Brain
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...
Ledford: Cracking IBD Mysteries
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...
Trent: Failing Small Farmers After Floods
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...
Peeples: Inner Clock
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...