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Janet Fang
Janet Fang
Janet Fang has written for Nature, Discover and the Point Reyes Light. She is currently a lab technician at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. She holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University. She is based in New York.
Janet Fang
Janet does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Audrey Quinn
Audrey Quinn
Audrey Quinn is a multimedia science journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. She has corresponded for PRI's The World, Radiolab, Deutsche Welle's Living Planet, and a number of NPR affiliate stations. She also produces and hosts a podcast for the Mind Science Foundation. Previously, she performed neuroscience research at the University of Washington Autism Center and the Seattle VA Hospital.
Audrey Quinn
Audrey does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Archive: 07-2011
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Sperm need their Klingon cloak, study with 500 newlyweds show
Men with 2 copies of a mutated gene have lowered fertility. Their sperm lack a protein coat to help evade the female’s natural surveillance mechanisms and penetrate through to the egg.
July 20, 2011, 4:32 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Wheels Keep On Turning: missing gene gives mice super endurance
Mice engineered to lack a muscle contraction gene run 6 times farther than normal mice, a new study shows. This is not unlike the extra endurance of long-distance Olympians.
July 20, 2011, 1:53 AM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Molecular Farming: HIV drug made in GM tobacco enters clinical trials
UK regulators have okayed human trials of a topical anti-HIV microbicide made in greenhouses. The tech is at least 10 times cheaper than conventional bioreactors.
July 19, 2011, 1:43 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Could drinking coffee or tea lower your risk of MRSA? Study shows mixed reviews
Could coffee and tea play a role in reducing MRSA? Study shows mixed reviews, but an interview with study researcher Eric Matheson reveals more.
July 18, 2011, 2:11 PM PDT | By Stacy Lipson
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Following dengue fever in Brazil with Twitter
New software that filters tweets containing “dengue” and the user’s location can help authorities stay current with the locations of outbreaks for faster responses.
July 18, 2011, 1:19 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Biotech launches two stem cell trials for blindness
In the second and third embryonic stem cell trials ever to be FDA-approved, California surgeons implanted lab-grown retinal cells into 2 patients with eye diseases.
July 18, 2011, 12:49 AM PDT | By Janet Fang
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The math behind how HIV drugs work
Scientists reveal why some HIV drugs are more successful than others at higher doses: it depends on when, in the virus’s life cycle, they enter the battle.
July 14, 2011, 8:20 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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This app could help you spot skin cancer
Most of us grew up hearing our parents warn us about the health effects of a bad sunburn. Warm summer days meant blistering sunburns, the kind that left your skin feeling red and raw for days...
July 14, 2011, 12:12 PM PDT | By Stacy Lipson
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Gentler heart defibrillator uses way less energy
Rather than one big shock to the heart, a series of 5 small pulses can also restore our heart beats, scientists show. And it uses 84% less energy.
July 13, 2011, 8:10 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Two more transplant firsts: false teeth and double legs
A traffic accident victim received two donated legs in Spain, while an adult mouse can now use an artificially grown tooth implanted into its jaw.
July 12, 2011, 5:16 PM PDT | By Janet Fang