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Long Covid: The Chilling Aftermath of This Brutal Pandemic July 29, 2022 14 min readAt the outset of the now two-year pandemic, communities around the globe... Read More
Persisting Plagues July 28, 2022 8 min readAnalyzing recent developments for infectious disease treatments and technologies for malaria and... Read More
Marine Microbes: The Eureka of Current Cancer Research July 26, 2022 10 min readA marine microbe Salinispora tropica produces the salinosporamide A proteasome inhibitor that... Read More
Murky Waters Ahead: The Recent Contamination of La Jolla Cove July 22, 2022 4 min read“Warning! Contact with this water may cause illness,” read the signs posted... Read More
One “Last Gift” July 19, 2022 9 min readIn 2017, Dr. David “Davey” Smith, an infectious disease physician at UC... Read More
Polycystic Problems: Mouse Models and Reproductive Health July 14, 2022 8 min readUsing mouse models to understand causes and develop treatments for polycystic ovary... Read More
An Invisible Universe July 12, 2022 10 min readAs new sequencing technologies emerge, scientists can characterize previously unknown microbes living... Read More