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Healing a Wound by Suppressing It?
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ERAS: The Next Step in Surgical Recovery
Claudia Shi | November 15, 2022 Beginning in August 2022, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) expanded their enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program to benefit an…
Professor Spotlight: A Conversation with Dr. Jared Nordman
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Monoclonal Antibodies: A Way of Preventing Severe COVID Infection?
Eric Sha | October 28, 2022 Our understanding of how to treat and prevent the COVID-19 virus has grown continuously throughout the pandemic. One of…
One Step Backward, Two Steps Forward: Exposing Scientific Misconduct in Alzheimer’s Research
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The End to Animal Toxicology Research is in Sight
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Can Genes be Medication?
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mRNA vaccines: The Savior to Future Pandemics?
Among the three vaccine providers, both Pfizer and Moderna utilized a brand new form of technology known as mRNA vaccines, while J&J opted to develop a traditional viral vector vaccine.
Cellular Agriculture: The Future of Humane Protein?
But here’s some food for thought: what if instead of raising an entire animal, we grew only the parts meant for consumption?