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A Source of Integrative Support for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Patients [Sponsored] Aug 03, 2022

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Celebrating those who are making a patient’s experience as easy as possible during an extraordinarily difficult time, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with a Catalyst for Care Award. We spoke with the 2021 winner, Unite for HER’s founder and CEO Sue Weldon, to hear more about what’s happened since her organization received the award.

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How Common Are Reinfections? And How Trust Can Beat the Virus: COVID, Quickly, Episode 35 Aug 02, 2022

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On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about getting reinfected with the coronavirus just a month or two after an earlier bout—and the difference that trusting others can make in a pandemic.

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The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Molecules [Sponsored] Jul 29, 2022

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Jacob Sagiv is a chemist who studies properties of self-assembled monolayers. This year, he shared The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for his research.

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Transforming the Trajectory of Lung Cancer [Sponsored] Jul 27, 2022

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Lung cancer is the number-one cause of cancer deaths in the world. But how many lives would be saved if doctors could diagnose and treat it before it progresses?

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Polar Bears That Persist Jul 22, 2022

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A new subpopulation of Greenland polar bears offers insights into how this species might hang on as Arctic ice disappears.

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Omicron's Nasty New Variants and Better Boosters to Battle Them: COVID, Quickly, Episode 34 Jul 12, 2022

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On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the increase in new Omicron subvariants. Should fall vaccine boosters contain standard Omicron or some of those new subvariants instead?

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A Remote-Controlled Carnivorous Plant? Jun 30, 2022

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Researchers design an artificial neuron that can trigger closure of a Venus flytrap.

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Kids' Vaccines at Last and Challenges in Making New Drugs: COVID, Quickly, Episode 33 Jun 27, 2022

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On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we discuss some parents breathing a collective sigh of relief and the paradox of how effective vaccines can make it harder to create new drugs to treat patients who get the coronavirus.

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How AI Facial Recognition Is Helping Conserve Pumas Jun 24, 2022

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Researchers tricked out conventional camera traps to snap headshots of Puma concolor, revealing a better way to track the elusive species.

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The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration [Sponsored] Jun 17, 2022

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Huda Zoghbi is a clinician-scientist who studies the molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration. This year she shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for discovering the genetic pathways behind serious brain disorders.

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