Danish dogs to receive virus-inspired cancer vaccine treatment
Fifteen Danish dogs with advanced cancer are to receive a new type of therapeutic vaccine which, it is hoped, will rid them of the...
Deep learning algorithm helps to predict response to treatment to acute ulcerative colitis
Recent advances in machine learning technology may help doctors to decide on better treatments related to Acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC). Ulcerative colitis (UC)...
Genius uses maths to beat terrorism
Maths combats terrorism: Meet the real-world scientist using mathematics to help counterterrorism units dismantle terror cells.
Falling levels of air pollution drove decline in California’s tule fog
The below Apr. 10, 2019 press release is from University of California at Berkeley.
The Central Valley’s heavy wintertime tule fog – known for snarling...
Science Book Roundup, January-March 2019
My catch-up science book blogging continues with a selection of titles released in the first three months of 2019
My usual caveat: I haven’t read...
Swallowed by the Sea
Sailing swiftly along the salted seashore,
Your whiteish throat flanks brown streaks
That accentuate comedic orange brows.
Amongst saline marshes and sunken reeds
You build your nests in...
San Joaquin Valley air quality explained – by the numbers
According to information in an Apr. 11, 2019 press release, the American Lung Association is soon to publicly release its much anticipated 2019 State...
Real-time WhatsApp advice aids surgery in rural Malawi
In remote, rural corners of Malawi, hospitals are often faced with life-and-death decisions. Women in need of emergency caesarean sections, older people with hernias,...
Roundup of 2018 books that I missed
As promised in my last posting, I am returning to my book blogging with a series of roundups. I will post chronologically, beginning with...
Can gut microbes and genes do the job of weight loss surgery?
by Emanuela Barbiroglio Mice that have undergone weight loss surgery experience a change in the composition of their gut bacteria and the functioning of their...