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An antibody that can almost completely clear the visible signs of Alzheimer’s disease from the brain has been discovered in a breakthrough that left one scientist “trying not to get too excited”. Researchers scanned the brains of people with the degenerative condition as they were given doses of the drug, which is based on an immune cell taken from the blood of elderly people aged up to 100 who showed no signs of the disease.

Not going to lie ---- feels super duper to be a part of this research team :)

#brain #alzheimer's #clinical trials #research

Because I need to read all Anne Fausto-Sterling ❤️

Physics, women in science, women in physics, stem

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this makes me so angry

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What’s behind silly putty’s downright weird behaviour? Here’s a look at the chemistry involved: http://wp.me/p4aPLT-1wJ

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This is one slice of an incredible high resolution, enhanced color image of Pluto, recently released by NASA. You can see the full, larger version here.

Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

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Photographs of William W. Keen’s successful operation to remove a brain tumor from a 26-year old patient, 1887. The patient was a carriage maker who exhibited symptoms of severe headaches, seizures, and partial blindness; he also had a history of a head injury and was prone to aphasia. Owing to Keen’s demands at that proper antiseptic measures were taken for the operation (including removing the carpet and cleaning walls and ceiling), the tumor was removed after a two hour operation. Despite some complications with wound closure and cerebrospinal fluid leak, the patient lived for thirty years, even donating his brain to his surgeon for anatomical study. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1918.

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“Black Women in STEM: Panel Participant Recap” on @LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/black-women-stem-panel-participant-recap-lisa-marie-phoenix-jackson?published=u (direct link in bio) - Panel #Selfie Credit: @clewishalpern @allstarcode @saronyitbarek @blackgirlscode @6Gems @WeilGotshal http://t.co/8PZs7apNYo (at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP)

For her BFA thesis Kaycie D. created a character for each element on the periodic table. And they are awesome.

In 2011, Kaycie D. was working on her BFA at the Milwaukee Institute of Art. For her thesis she designed “Elements-Experiments in Character Design,” which centered on her creating a character and factoid for each element of the periodic table. In a word, they are… awesome!

Kaycie’s initial inspiration for this project came to her in high school while watching a video about the periodic table in which a narrator was acting out some of the elements. Instead of taking notes, she started drawing characters. “High school chemistry class used to be confusing at best. Then I imagined what the elements would be like as characters. Suddenly everything became a lot more interesting,” Kaycie said........

#women in science #periodic table #the elements

6 signs you were raised by a feminist

signs you were raised by a feminist:

1.You Believed You Could Be Anything

2. You Played With "Boy's Toys"

3. You Read A Lot

4. You Were Encouraged To Have And Share An Opinion

5. You Were Taught To Ask Questions

6. You Always Felt Powerful

#thanks mom #feminist upbringing

#demenita #ad #care #QoL

#science #vetigel #17-year old inventor

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4 Indian women at the forefront of cutting edge scientific research

Yamuna Krishnan

Yamuna Krishnan makes experimental machines out of DNA. Working that the cutting edge of a field called bionanotechnology, Krishnan synthesizes nuclear bases into filaments of DNA that are no more than 2 nanometers thick. (A nanometer is one-thousandth of a micron.) These filamentous DNA sensors are sent into living cells to gather information on the conditions within. For instance, they can pick up the acidity within a cell, which – if it is not the value it is supposed to be – can lead to myriad disorders.

Shubha Tole

To understand how genetic defects affect the brain one must first understand the genetic mechanisms that control the brain. In her work on neurocircuitry in mammals, Shubha Tole discovered a master regulator gene that controls how the brain’s cortex hippocampus and amygdala develop. Tole’s work throws light on the evolution of modern mammalian brain and also gives an indication as to why defects like autism and epilepsy develop. Tole, who is a professor at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, was one of the recipients of the Infosys Prize in 2014. In its citation, the Infosys Prize jury praised Tole for being “a dedicated mentor of pre-and post-doctoral trainees, an excellent science communicator” and extending her service to science education. She also won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize in 2010.

Prerna Sharma

The 29-year-old assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Science was featured in Forbes’ 30-under-30 India list this year – a compilation of individuals on the fast track to recognition in their respective professional fields. Sharma is a physicist who studies soft condensed matter like colloids, emulsions and surfactants, all of which have length scales of few microns, in between the two extremes of atomic and bulk matter.

Neena Gupta

Last year, the Indian Statistical Institute’s Neena Gupta was awarded the Indian National Science Academy’s medal for young scientists for solving a mathematical problem that was open for almost seven decades known as the Zariski Cancellation Conjecture. The academy tipped its hat to Gupta’s work calling it “one of the best works in Algebraic Geometry in recent years done anywhere”.

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