In recent decades, environmental pollution has increased due to human activities such as population growth, deforestation, unplanned urbanization, industrialization and commodification. Pollutants pose a great threat to the environment and public health. These include chemical fertilizers, heavy metals, nuclear waste, pesticides, herbicides, greenhouse gases, etc. These wastes have been carelessly […]
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Have you ever questioned how candy is made? We know that the candies available in the market come in various shapes and textures: chewy like fudge, fluffy like marshmallows and cotton candy, tough like lollipops, and crunchy like stone candies and rock sweets. The technique to create these one-of-a-kind treats […]
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As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today”. Yes, but I can get on to work after this one episode…or two…okay one more…there’s always the next morning?…and so it goes. Everyone has been through this flurry of the cycle of getting stuck […]
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The approval of imatinib, a type of cancer growth blocker called ‘tyrosine kinase inhibitor’ twenty years ago, was considered to be “the birth of precision medicine” by Louis DeGennaro, President and CEO of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. A decade later, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ipilimumab, the […]
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