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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: 08-2012
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Mutation endows horses with wider gait repertoire
Horses with this genetic mutation can move in more ways. Walk, trot, gallop, and pace! Could this help explain the genetics behind human neuromuscular disorders?
August 29, 2012, 10:15 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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How one biotech plans to cure blindness using light
Using a technique called optogenetics, Retrosense Therapeutics wants to restore vision in blind patients by giving light sensitivity to neurons that don’t normally possess it.
August 28, 2012, 3:28 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Two new devices to pluck blood clots out of the brain
Both approved for clinical use, the Solitaire and the Trevo restore blood flow in stroke victims. New studies show that they’re safer and more effective than the current standard tool.
August 28, 2012, 2:14 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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These goats produce human breast milk
Transgenic goats produce milk with the breast milk enzymes and proteins that human babies need most.
August 28, 2012, 5:36 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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What time does your body think it is?
Researchers have developed an easier way to figure out our internal body time. This ‘molecular timetable’ could help doctors synchronize drug delivery to the internal clock, for better...
August 27, 2012, 10:06 PM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Smart sutures coated with sensors help wounds heal
Researchers have covered plastic and silk threads with temperature sensors and micro-heaters that monitor the wounds and speed up healing.
August 27, 2012, 11:20 AM PDT | By Janet Fang
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New York City gets roadside paternity tests
An RV with the slogan, “Who’s your daddy?” collects DNA on the spot and returns answers in a few business days.
August 27, 2012, 6:08 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Listen as apes on helium sing like humans
Helium-infused calls show that we’re not the only primates capable of complicated speech production.
August 27, 2012, 3:02 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn
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Turning your own blood cells into internal sensors
No more needle pricks? Scientists have devised a way to turn red blood cells into chemical sensors that may, for example, offer diabetics a way of monitoring their glucose levels long-term.
August 24, 2012, 10:52 AM PDT | By Janet Fang
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Cellular time travel? Adult cells re-programmed as stem cells
Scientists turn back the clock to restore cells to their embryonic state.
August 24, 2012, 8:34 AM PDT | By Audrey Quinn