Blood is essential to maintain human life. Through blood circulation, nutrients absorbed in the digestive system and oxygen captured in the lungs are distributed …
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It’s been almost a year since we (re)launched Science as We Know It. Our first post was a small imagination exercise where we pretended …
Today’s post is gonna have a sweet flavor. Because 103 years ago, on July 27th, a huge step in the treatment of diabetes was …
In 2020, the world stopped due to an outbreak of COVID-19. Around the world, journalists and scientists tried to simplify scientific expressions, such as …
Today, on the 14th of June, is World Blood Donor Day. It has been promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) over the last …
Dear reader, I am going to ask you for a moment of reflection: Have you ever had one situation where you were so stressed …
Last week, on the 25th of April, the commemoration of the DNA Day took place. Celebrated on this day, the date when, in 1953, …
In the last months, the scientific community welcomed the news that the first CRISPR gene therapy (Casgevy) was approved by the regulatory agencies1 around …
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Ah, the wonders of pursuing knowledge… The ambition of achieving more and more… We might be led to think that scientific progress is a …