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6 Dec

Lab-to-table: the next hot food trend? Read this article by Matthew Tsilimigras to learn more about lab grown meat and the issues surrounding the environmental sustainability of meat alternatives. #foodscience #IVM http://www.thepipettepen.com/a-meat-alternative-beyond-the-beyond-and-the-impossible-lab-cultured-meat/

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5 Dec

#SciComm job 👇🏾 https://twitter.com/triciatomiyoshi/status/1202718507097415680

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5 Dec

"In 2016, only one in three primary care doctors and nurses knew about PrEP and some are hesitant to prescribe it." Read this article by Samantha Stadmiller to learn about PrEP, a drug regimen that prevents HIV infection. #HIV #PrEP http://www.thepipettepen.com/encouraging-measures-in-the-fight-against-hiv/

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5 Dec

Meet the goodest of the good boys and girls! Read this article by Kasey Skinner to learn how clinical trials in dogs and humans with deadly brain tumors are to test a new cancer treatment to save man and our best friends. #CancerResearch #gooddoggos http://www.thepipettepen.com/the-goodest-doggos-canine-brain-tumor-patients-test-a-treatment-that-could-help-humans-and-pups-alike/

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3 Dec

Winter is almost here; time to break out the jackets, hot cocoa or for the polar bears among us, that translucent fur. Read this article by Kayla Goforth to learn how animals in the arctic have evolved to keep themselves warm even in frigid temperatures. http://www.thepipettepen.com/winter-is-coming/

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3 Dec

Antibiotic resistance is no longer a problem of the future. Read this article by Dominika Trzilova to learn about antibiotic resistance and how to help stop the spread of superbugs. #microbiology #AntibioticResistance http://www.thepipettepen.com/you-wont-get-infected-with-an-antibiotic-resistant-bug-or-will-you/

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25 Nov

Climate change is happening right in front of our eyes, but how do we mitigate its impact? Read this article by Candice Crilly to learn about the issues surrounding geoengineering, one proposed solution to curb climate change. #ClimateChange http://www.thepipettepen.com/when-your-engineering-project-is-literally-to-change-the-world/

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21 Nov

The true source of superpowers is not radioactive material. It's royal jelly. Read this article by Brandon Le to learn how eating royal jelly may lead to modifications on the DNA of honeybees to give queens their special abilities. #honeybee #epigenetics http://www.thepipettepen.com/ready-for-this-royal-jelly-a-personal-report-of-succumbing-to-epigenetic-hype/

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20 Nov

Rebellious microorganisms are always creating exceptions to the rules. Read this article by Connor LaMontagne to learn about multicellular bacteria that defy our definitions of what it means to be a bacterium. #microbiology http://www.thepipettepen.com/bacteria-dont-have-to-be-single-cells-candidatus-magnetoglobus-multicellularis/

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