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15 Jun

NYCSciComm Posted in air quality No comments

Air Quality Monitoring

By Priyanka deSouza The World Health Organization (WHO) released a report in 2012 stating that an estimated 6.5 million people died (11.6% of all deaths in 2012) because of poor outdoor and indoor air quality, making it the single biggest environmental health risk on our planet. These findings have acted […]

27 Jan

NYCSciComm Posted in C. elegans No comments

The Bacterium and the Worm: a New Model for Studying How Microbes Affect Disease

By Monika BuczekIn the past decade, the human gut microbiome has has been implicated in many diseases, including but not limited to food allergies, celiac disease, diabetes, and certain autoimmune diseases as well as weight gain and obesity. However, study of the gut microbiome is slowed by a lack of […]

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