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Alyssa Shepard

Cancer Biology

The Scripps Research Institute

Alyssa has authored 4 articles

Do naked mole rats hold the answers to cancer prevention and aging?

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Their genes don't create faulty cells the way ours do

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Rear Admiral Amazing Grace Hopper taught computers English

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She recorded the first computer bug when a moth got caught in a relay switch

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We can detect and treat it better than ever, but preventing cancer is still far out of reach

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The search for clues has led researchers to study animals who don't develop cancer at all

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Ambitious gene editing needs an ambitious pair of scissors

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Amit Choudhary speaks about being agnostic to scientific disciplines, and the power of CRISPR/Cas9

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The unique chemistry of cats' guts make them the perfect host for Toxoplasma gondii

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This information might allow Toxoplasma researchers to switch from lab cats to lab rats