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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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Infectious Disease Series

Malaria:

Less is more when it comes to antibiotic use?

Could we find a way to successfully treat infections using lower doses of drugs for a shorter period of time, without increasing the presence of antibiotic resistant organisms? Maybe...

Posted on January 15, 2008 4:00 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

"Twelve Diseases that Changed Our World"

Learning from history to avoid repeating it. Ideally.

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Posted on September 27, 2007 9:30 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Tuesday reads

Grand Rounds of the week, malaria, cancer & chromosomes, and a bit more on communication between scientists and journalists.

Posted on July 3, 2007 11:00 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Malaria: the cure for AIDS?

Safe and effective cure, or potentially deadly quackery?

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Posted on June 13, 2007 9:30 AM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Behe pwned again

Behe's "The Edge of Evolution" is officially on the shelves now, and already it's DOA.

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Posted on June 5, 2007 7:00 AM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

New malaria vaccine shows promise

[From the archives; originally published November 18, 2005] Malaria is one of the world's leading infectious killers. World-wide, almost 40% of the world's population is at risk of acquiring this disease--many of them in poor countries with limited resources to...

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Posted on June 14, 2006 1:30 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Sunday roundup

Like a Saturday roundup, but a day delayed. Some other topics I found interesting this week, but didn't have a chance to elaborate on......

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Posted on June 11, 2006 11:00 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Emerging Disease and Zoonoses series

Part One: Introduction to Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Part Two: Introduction to Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses continued Part Three: Bushmeat Part Four: War and Disease Part Five: Chikungunya Part Six: Avian influenza Part Seven: Reporting on emerging diseases Part Eight:...

Posted on March 27, 2006 12:30 PM • • 0 TrackBacks

Dunk malaria day

Yesterday, as mentioned previously, was Dunk Malaria day. I'm on the road today in cold 'n' gloomy Atlanta so pardon the delay, but coturnix has a collection of posts here regarding the topic. Just spent much of the morning hearing...

Posted on March 20, 2006 11:39 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Raising malaria awareness

Tim Lambert over at Deltoid notes Dunk malaria day is coming up this Sunday, and has offered to match donations (up to $300 total) readers make to The Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB, and malaria. Very cool--I'm kicking in...

Posted on March 15, 2006 2:42 PM • 30 Comments • 1 TrackBacks

Mechanism of malaria "hide and seek" coming into view

Malaria is one of mankind's oldest known killers, with descriptions of the disease dating back almost 5000 years. Each year, malaria causes 300-500 million infections, and up to 3 million deaths--about 5000 Africans die of the disease every day; one...

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Posted on January 16, 2006 11:01 AM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

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