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A strange cancer is decimating the population of Tasmanian devils; volunteers and donors from around the world are helping scientists fight back.Posted on November 18, 2007 10:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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"...a veritable expert on tawdry cosmetic procedures gone horribly awry..."--Kevin Beck
Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and also writes for The Panda's Thumb and WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.
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Bone marrow for Vinay
A leukemia patient, needing bone marrow himself, spurs on hundreds of bone marrow registrations for those of South Asian descent...did he find a match himself?Posted on November 13, 2007 8:30 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
DonorsChoose--2007 Scienceblogging challenge kicks off!
Help teachers teach science better.Posted on October 1, 2007 9:50 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
HIV denial: international flavor
South Africa to London, focus on HIV denial.Posted on September 14, 2007 8:30 AM • 73 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
World Rabies Day
Rare in the U.S., but worldwide one human rabies death occurs every 10 minutes, despite the fact that the disease is almost entirely preventable.Posted on September 10, 2007 10:00 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
YearlyKos videos are up!
Collection of Science panel videos from YearlyKos 2007 earlier this month...Posted on August 16, 2007 1:50 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
YearlyKos aftermath
Science + politics = yo' mamma.Posted on August 9, 2007 8:00 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Tripoli Six--home and free
After 8 1/2 years of imprisonment, torture in jail, and a death sentence hanging over their heads, the Tripoli Six (collected links) are back home, and have been granted pardons from the Bulgarian president. Revere, again, has the details;...Posted on July 24, 2007 10:45 AM • 33 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Be a scientific consultant for the Clergy Letter Project!
Lend your scientific expertise to promote evolution education.Posted on July 17, 2007 2:25 PM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Help the Livingstone Performing Arts Foundation
Working for a good cause in Zambia.Posted on July 6, 2007 2:15 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Bone marrow donation--are you on the registry?
Razib calls attention to a life-or-death situation affecting many minorities in this country: lack of organ and tissue matches for those in need of a transplant. He highlights one man in immediate need of a bone marrow transplant: A tragedy,...Posted on June 1, 2007 8:00 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
DonorsChoose update
Y'all may have read about this on one of the other participating blogs, but just in case, I'll recap here: First, what is it? My initial post on it is here; essentially, several of us here at Scienceblogs have put...Posted on June 22, 2006 1:00 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Misc. link-lovin', and an appeal
A bit busy today, so I'll direct you elsewhere for some good reading. First, afarensis is thinking about re-naming his blog Aetiology Jr. after writing another post on bacterial meta-genomics in the sea; Mike discusses the Republican War on Epidemiology;...Posted on March 13, 2006 12:01 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
