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Academia’s postdoc system is teetering, imperiling efforts to diversify life sciences

06.06.2023

For young life scientists hoping to land a prestigious faculty job in academia, postdoctoral research is practically a requirement. But it’s not a path equally open to everyone. Freshly minted …

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First Opinion

Opinion: The agony of finding decent health care for my young-adult daughter with Down syndrome

02.06.2023

Several years ago, a local artist asked if she could paint my younger daughter, then a tween, as part of a series of life-size portraits of people she knew. Monica …

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Health

After decades of neglecting women athletes, sport and exercise medicine is finally catching up

19.05.2023

When cyclist Alison Tetrick joined the sport’s professional ranks, she received the perks that come with the job — new bikes and clothing included. But she could never get comfortable …

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In the Lab

Human ‘pangenome’ published, with goal of making genomics more useful for diverse populations

10.05.2023

An international team of scientists has assembled the first human “pangenome” — an attempt to make a more representative reference genome, one that captures almost all the genetic variability residing …

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Biotech / First Opinion

Opinion: Clinical trials for Alzheimer’s treatments need to include people with Down syndrome

05.05.2023

“I cannot tell you how much it means to me that my extra chromosome might lead to the answer to Alzheimer’s,” Frank Stephens, a self-advocate with Down syndrome, told Congress …

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In the Lab

Discrimination lawsuit against HHMI spotlights barriers faced by scientists with disabilities

19.04.2023

University of Michigan pediatric neurologist Vivian Cheung made a name for herself studying rare genetic diseases, and in 2008 — when she was on the faculty at the University of …

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Health

In counties with more Black doctors, Black people live longer, ‘astonishing’ study finds

14.04.2023

Black people in counties with more Black primary care physicians live longer, according to a new national analysis that provides the strongest evidence yet that increasing the diversity of the …

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In the Lab

In the whitewashed world of Alzheimer’s research, one scientist is on a quest to understand the diversity of brains

30.03.2023

CHICAGO — When she entered the field of Alzheimer’s research a quarter century ago, Lisa Barnes was deeply disappointed to find few Black people like her family members with dementia …

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Health

Carrying the torch of his slain brother, a Chicago ER doctor struggles against the violence around him

22.03.2023

CHICAGO — Abdullah Hassan Pratt is giving a tour of a sheep heart that sits, heavy and sodden, in his hand. Dressed all in black, with his Jordans and easy …

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