by Sara M. Nolte | Mar 4, 2014
> A little while ago, I wrote a post about the BRCA1 gene and its role in breast cancer, and suggested that Angelina Jolie’s mastectomy reveal was a missed opportunity to provide information about hereditary breast cancer. I have since wondered what did we get out...
by Sara M. Nolte | Jan 15, 2014
> I have recently been transitioning from “basic” science research to science communication. Why? Because there is a great disparity in what the public, policy makers, and even clinicians, know and think about research, and what the researchers know. I believe as...
by Lisa Willemse | Dec 6, 2013
> To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end them We know this famous soliloquy from Shakespeare’s...
by Nick Dragojlovic | Dec 2, 2013
> As the expiration of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine’s (CIRM) funding approaches, the fate of CIRM after 2017 is top of mind for stem cell researchers in the state. While the agency’s leadership appears to be leaning towards some form of...
by Stacey Johnson | Nov 29, 2013
. Science as art is not a new concept. Google the term and you’ll see 2,330,000 hits. Princeton University has been holding an art-science competition since 2005 and the organizers have received hundreds of images from within the university community. The 2013 winners...
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