Tag: Disease
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Elizabeth Thomas, Scripps Research Institute – Genetic Factors of Huntington’s Disease
Curing diseases is a lot like solving a puzzle. Elizabeth Thomas, a molecular and cellular neuroscientist at The Scripps Research Institute, is working to cure Huntington’s Disease on a genetic level. Dr. Elizabeth Thomas is an associate professor in the department of molecular and cellular neuroscience at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA.…
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Ellen Foxman, Yale University – Cold and the Common Cold
Does temperature affect the spread of the common cold? Ellen Foxman, a postdoctoral fellow and Instructor in laboratory medicine at Yale University, is studying the way the rhinovirus travels. Ellen Foxman is a research fellow and clinical instructor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on…
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Jennifer Maynard, UT Austin – Outsmarting Whooping Cough
New insights into pertussis are helping to fight the disease. Jennifer Maynard, a chemical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, is working to fight whooping cough. Jennifer Maynard is the Laurence E. McMakin, Jr. Centennial Faculty Fellow and an associate professor of chemical engineering at The McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at The…