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What imaging reveals about engineered endosymbionts

Ashley V. Makela and Christopher H. Contag from the Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, walk us through watching living therapeutics in action, including what imaging reveals about engineered endosymbionts.
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Empowering trans and nonbinary students against sexual assault

Sarah Peitzmeier, Micah Hopkins and Charlene Y. Senn describe how an effective sexual assault resistance program for women is being adapted for trans and nonbinary students.
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Religiosity, transcendent accountability, and civic engagement

Academic experts from Baylor University and Pepperdine University explore religiosity, transcendent accountability, and civic engagement.
Silent Killers of business

The “Silent Killers” of business success

Dr. Michael (Mike) Beer, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Business School, explains the “silent killers” of business success that top management are unaware of.

AI-empowered neural processing for intelligent human-machine interface and biomedical devices

Jie Gu, Associate Professor from Northwestern University, examines AI-empowered neural processing for intelligent human-machine interface and biomedical devices.
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National sepsis strategy to improve knowledge, prevention and treatment

Discover what you need to know about sepsis from a top group of experts, including their call for a national sepsis strategy to improve its knowledge, prevention, and treatment to save lives.
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Personalized cancer medicines

Dr. Priya Hays, PhD, CEO and Science Writer at Hays Documentation Specialists, LLC, guides us through the world of personalized cancer medicines.
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Getting leptospirosis onto the lists of neglected tropical diseases

Leptospirosis is a globally important infectious disease, but neglected to the extent that it’s not on WHO’s or FDA’s neglected tropical diseases lists; this needs to change.
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Recruiting retired specialists back into part-time practice via telemedicine

Richard J. Santen, MD, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., looks at how to recruit retired specialists to practice part-time via telemedicine.
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Storying the world: Decolonizing classrooms

Geraldine Balzer, Associate Professor from the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan, discusses the importance of decolonizing classrooms by telling stories about the world.
Table 1. Demographics of Libby, MT study participants (n=296., with percentage of the population given in parentheses.

Asbestos-induced autoantibodies across Libby demographics

Aiden Niblett, Jean Pfau, and Kinta Serve focus on asbestos-induced autoantibodies across different demographics in Libby. They emphasize the importance of understanding the impact of asbestos.

The different facets of biodiversity

Professor F. Guillaume Blanchet from Université de Sherbrooke explores the various aspects of biodiversity and the challenge involved in monitoring it.
Dice form the words DEEPFAKE on wooden cube block. Deepfake concept matching facial movements.

Wrestling with the deepfakes: Detection and beyond

Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, delves into detection and beyond in the realm of DeepFakes, starting with a look at what they are.
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Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Next-generation universal vaccines and immunotherapeutic research

With the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, we need to focus on universal vaccines and/or immunotherapeutic strategies and technologies to tackle ongoing endemic infections with SARS-CoV2, influenza, and RSV and prepare for any future pandemics, says Dr Babita Agrawal.

Transnational flows of living cultural heritage: African screen media in the world

Dr. Sheila Petty, FRSC, Professor of Media Studies and SaskPower Research Chair in Cultural Heritage, at the University of Regina, explores transnational movements of living cultural heritage in African screen media.
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Cigarette smoking focus: A modeling approach for estimating the impact of health programs

Theodore R. Holford from Yale University charts a modeling approach for estimating the impact of health programs in this cigarette smoking research focus.
Still image of highly dynamic chromatin (red) interacts with Arc pucta (green). Shown is a small detail of a neuronal nucleus imaged by high-resolution microscopy. Notice how finger-like extensions of the chromatin transiently visit Arc pucta. The movie is sped up 10 times.

Arc: A new target for treating alzheimer’s disease

Antonius M. VanDongen, Associate Professor from Duke University, walks us through Arc, a new target for treating Alzheimer’s disease.
Figure 1. Schematic representation of integrating vision for cluster-based Center activities, including research on foundational climate and hydrological processes (outer ring) and climate-related hazards threatening those systems (inner ring). Climate Change Impacts on Transboundary Waters

Global centre for climate change impacts on transboundary waters

Dr. Gail Krantzberg and Dr. Andrew Gronewold, unpack the priorities of the Global Centre for Climate Change Impacts on Transboundary Waters.
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Treating neuropathic pain and nicotine dependence: Epibatidine derivatives as potential therapeutics

Lance R. McMahon, Ph.D. and Jenny L. Wilkerson, Ph.D. from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, describe the search for the magic bullet to treat both neuropathic pain and nicotine dependence using novel epibatidine derivatives as potential therapeutics.
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An organizing protocol for society’s approach at responding to climate change

Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Emeritus Gary Yohe argues that adopting an iterative risk management approach is the most effective way when responding to climate change uncertainties.

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