Tips for Writing a Standout Personal Statement
If you’re planning to apply to Ph.D. programs this fall, hopefully you’ve — at the very least — thought about starting to write a personal… Read More »Tips for Writing a Standout Personal Statement
If you’re planning to apply to Ph.D. programs this fall, hopefully you’ve — at the very least — thought about starting to write a personal… Read More »Tips for Writing a Standout Personal Statement
The term “doctor” can be traced to its Latin root, docēre, which means “to teach.” And indeed, teaching is ubiquitous in medicine; the residency system… Read More »From Classrooms to Clinics: A Former High School Teacher’s Reflections on Medicine
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I have people contacting me from all over the country. A pastor called me after an interview I had with CBS and told me, "you… Read More »From Prison Cells to PhD: Words Matter
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For the first time ever, scientists in the United States have performed gene editing experiments using CRISPR-Cas9 in humans. CRISPR-Cas9 is a bacterial DNA editing… Read More »CRISPR Gene Editing in Human Embryos Performed for the First Time Ever in the U.S.
New therapies to treat metastatic breast cancer may lie within one of the most commonly used agents in health care across the world: antibiotics. Sonal Chaudhari,… Read More »Everyday Antibiotics May Reveal New Therapies to Treat Your Breast Cancer
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In the midst of the political saga that is the ongoing debate over the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), news broke that Sen.… Read More »McCain and Brain Cancer: What’s in Store for Glioblastoma Treatment?