To be vaccinated or not - how does the Internet influence a pregnant woman’s decision?

4/16/2019

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Researchers wanted to know how online media influences a pregnant woman's opinion about vaccination against pertussis and the flu.

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How can gene editing cure disease?

4/12/2019

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Scientists wanted to use genetic editing to heal β-thalassemia - a genetic disease affecting the body's ability to produce hemoglobin.

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Can we write biological “software updates” to cure disease?

3/25/2019

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Scientists wanted to develop a way to fix or replace a damaged or missing gene within a person's genome by engineering a protein circuit.

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How can we eliminate malaria in Haiti?

3/18/2019

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Researchers wanted to know how people in Haiti perceive malaria and whether they would accept the interventions the government has planned to eliminate this disease.

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How can we manage Hendra virus in Australia?

3/11/2019

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Researchers wanted to know what Australian citizens think of ecological strategies for managing Hendra virus.

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What happens to our immune cells as we get older?

2/27/2019

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Scientists wanted to know whether the T cells in our immune system improve their survival skills over time.

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What role do rodents have in human snail fever?

2/18/2019

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Scientists wanted to know if small mammals like rats and mice spread the form of schistosomiasis (snail fever) that affects humans.

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What mutations does wheat hide?

2/1/2019

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Scientists wanted to discover the mutations hidden in wheat plants.

exploring the hidden mutations within the DNA of wheat plants, inducing mutations in order to catalog them by seed and strain, catalogue made available in public database

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Why is the world’s most expensive fungus disappearing?

1/21/2019

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Researchers wanted to know why the populations of the most expensive fungus in the world - the caterpillar fungus - are declining.