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Stephanie is a science journalist and editor based in Los Angeles. She is an Assistant Editor at Drug Discovery News. Check out some of her favorite stories below:

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Tattoo therapeutics deliver medicine more than skin deep

From ancient medicines to equipping humans with new senses, tattoos are more than just permanent marks on the skin. They…

ancient medicine, art, diagnostics, drug delivery, immune system, science, sensors, tattoo, vaccine

Missing mutations solve a genetic mystery

In a journey that spanned the genomes of more than 150,000 Icelanders, archival samples, and a fetus in utero, researchers…

dna sequencing, genetics, genomics, mutations, mystery, science

What the pox is going on?

Cases of monkeypox are popping up across the globe. But where did it come from? How does it work? And…

history, infectious disease, monkeypox, pox, science, smallpox, virus

Science comedy gets to the heart of science communication

Using comedy to talk about technical topics makes science more accessible. Drug Discovery News

comedy, scicomm, science, sketch

Metabolomics open a window into better cancer treatments

Chemical biologist Stefano Tiziani uses metabolomics to identify new combination cancer treatments and to predict which patients will respond best…

cancer, chemotherapy, drug discovery, metabolomics, phenotypic screen, prostate

Predicting immune responses to vaccination

Armed with a machine learning and systems biology approach, John Tsang studies how past infections and vaccinations shape an individual’s…

immunology, vaccine, COVID-19, immune system, machine learning, computational biology

Menstrual blood holds the key to better diagnostics

Usually thrown away as waste, menstrual blood may help clinicians non-invasively monitor and diagnose a multitude of health conditions from…

blood, cancer, diabetes, diagnostics, endometriosis, genomics, menstruation, proteomics, women's health

Bacterial nanosyringes are drug and delivery all in one

Nanosyringes produced by some bacterial species naturally inject proteins into eukaryotic cells, paving a new frontier for biologic drug delivery.…

bacteria, biologics, drug delivery, microbiology, nanosyringe

Self-amplifying RNA may reduce side effects associated with RNA vaccines

Anna Blakney, an RNA bioengineer and TikTok science communicator, studies how self-amplifying RNA improves RNA vaccines and therapeutics. Drug Discovery…

COVID-19, infectious disease, RNA, RNA vaccines, side-effects, TikTok, vaccines

A “morning-of” pill for on-demand contraception

Researchers discovered that combining two FDA-approved drugs prevents ovulation over the entire fertile window, leading to a potential new option…

birth control, contraception, on-demand, ovulation, pregnancy, roe vs wade, women's health

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