Prenatal Genetic Testing of Pap Smears: Papoose?

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The evolution of giants

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No Pain and Extreme Pain From One Gene

Childrens_pain_scale-1-690x320Source: No Pain and Extreme Pain From One Gene The family from northern Pakistan is one of the strangest to appear in the scientific literature. At its center is a 10-year-old, a street performer who

Growing PLOS Synbio Blog Community

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The Best Insect Repellents Against Zika-virus Carrying Mosquitos

Repellent-150x150Source: The Best Insect Repellents Against Zika-virus Carrying Mosquitos With the Zika fever outbreak spreading across Latin America, many travelers and people in endemic areas are left wondering how best to protect themselves from mosquitoes.

The U.S. Needs a Lesson in Food Policy from Mexico by Daniel Taber, PhD, MPH

soda mexicoWhat do you tell people when you’re an invited “expert,” yet in some ways you’re the dumbest person in the room? That was my thought in February 2014, when Mexican leaders invited me to speak