It is a strange, eerie moment in history. The world is suddenly quiet, with large swaths of the population indoors, afraid and anxious, waiting to see what happens next.
Read MoreImmigrant scientists have helped make America great. That future brilliant minds may not have the same opportunity is unacceptable to anyone who believes that America is an exceptional country that fosters exceptional talent.
Read MoreIn 2016, only 4.94% of all VC deals involved women led companies. Only 1% of all VC backed founders are black. This is a fact and a starting place for a frank discussion around diversity.
Read MoreThere is no shortage of passion in healthtech. Every healthtech startup promises to improve patient care, and expects this improved care to translate into revenue and traction. In reality, incremental increases in the quality of care only translates into revenue and traction when measured and validated in the clinical setting.
Read MoreSince Imhotep and Hippocrates pioneered the concepts of examination, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis, we have made significant advances in how we treat patients.
Read MoreAs a public health advocate, I was ecstatic to watch the “Ice Bucket Challenge” social media campaign raise for ALS. Over the past two and half weeks, the ALS Association earned over 13 million dollars in donations. Last year, during the same period, the ALS raised a paltry $1.7 million in comparison. The viral campaign, sparked by the heartfelt plea of a college baseball player, Pete Frates, grew funding exponentially.
Read MoreThe future, like that notebook, is hers for a beautiful moment. This moment is fleeting and harsh in its brevity. The raw probabilities are not in this girl, or any girls favor. Only a quarter of academic professors are women. Only twelve percent of biotechnology and pharmaceutical CEOs are women. Only four percent of healthcare CEOs are women.
Read MoreHydrocephalus is a common brain disorder that is treated only with surgery. The basis for surgical treatment rests on the circulation theory. However, clinical and experimental data to substantiate circulation theory have remained inconclusive.
Read MoreMy inner biology geek was thrilled with the recent “vampire mice” studies that hit mainstream media last week. There were three studies that together formulated the content behind the attention-grabbing headlines “Young Blood Restores Old Mice“ and “Could Young Blood Be the Fountain of Youth?“
Read MoreMy favorite statistics brainteaser is the Monty Hall problem. The setup is that a game show host asks you to stand in front of one of three doors. Behind one of the three doors is a prize. After you choose a door, he opens one of the two remaining doors to reveal an empty room. At this point you’re offered the chance to switch doors. What would you do?
Read MoreI watched, mesmerized, as the woman next to me kept tapping and flicking her fingers over the iPad screen. In her mid-forties, she was as glued to the bright colors and animations on the screen as her two young kids sandwiched next to her, tapping away on their own tablets.
Read MoreAs every basketball fan knows, there was only room this week for news of upsets, overtime games, and three pointers. One set of headlines, however, caught my eye. “Shift workers beware: Sleep loss may cause brain damage, new research says” , “Lost sleep leads to lost brain cells”, “Lack of Sleep Kills Brain Cells, New Study Shows”.
Read MoreI was studying neuroscience when a compelling idea pushed me to make the leap into entrepreneurship. Despite my on-the-job business education, my scientific training remains the foundation of my work today. A few lessons in particular consistently resonate with me.
Read MoreIt is a poignant fact in American history that one of the greatest speeches of our nation was among the briefest. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was a mere ten sentences- and in a clear, concise manner, communicated exactly what was needed to a war-torn nation. There is a historical precedent for the power and impact short communications can have.
Read MoreEvery single day that we do not educate our population on science in a meaningful way is a day we let our hard-earned scientific victories gather dust, a day we leave our federal funding from taxpayers in jeopardy, a day we let millions of dollars slip away on poor investment choices and a day we fail to inspire the next Nobel Prize winner.
Read MoreExcitation–contraction coupling, the process that regulates contractions by skeletal muscles, transduces changes in membrane voltage by activating release of Ca2+ from internal stores to initiate muscle contraction. Defects in excitation–contraction coupling are associated with muscle diseases.
Read MoreThe Kelch-like (KLHL) gene family encodes a group of proteins that generally possess a BTB/POZ domain, a BACK domain, and five to six Kelch motifs. BTB domains facilitate protein binding and dimerization. The BACK domain has no known function yet is of functional importance since mutations in this domain are associated with disease.
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