I would like to introduce Smaranda Fillip, a colleague of mine who is studying towards her MD at my old alma mater, the University of Queensland, in addition to studying in New Orleans as part ...
Recently the University of Queensland ran the annual Molecular Design Contest, where students use pymol or related software to create a stunning image of a macromolecule of their choice. This is a contest I helped ...
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Today, May 8th, is #WorldOvarianCancerDay and I started thinking again about the above question. Why is it that mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 predispose to developing breast or ovarian cancer but usually not cancers ...
1 million. That’s around how many people die each year from malaria, with most victims mere children. In fact by the time my three minutes are up, up to 5 or 6 more people would ...
Our world was a very different place before 1928, when Sir Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic. Weaponless we as humans were, much more vulnerable to the microscopic pathogens around us.
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Recently I was asked by a friend in Indonesia why there seems to be a growing rejection of science-based medical marvels such as vaccination in my own highly developed country of Australia. This is actually ...
This past November I had the amazing opportunity to participate in the Hacking Health hackathon right here in Toronto. The event brings together healthcare professionals and technology developers to collaborate and build solutions to existing ...
Thomas Kuhn was among the leading figures in the philosophy of science during the 20th century (along with other greats such as Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein). He popularized the use of the word paradigm,
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