Copy Writing & Copy Editing
As a staffer, I was a professional, full-time science editor for more than eight years.
Hugh McDevitt, whose work unraveled genetic controls of immune system, dies at 91
Stanford Medicine, May 20 2022.
Hugh McDevitt, MD, a professor emeritus of microbiology and immunology at the Stanford School of Medicine who unraveled the genetic controls of the immune system, died April 28 in Stanford, California, from pneumonia and sepsis. He was 91.
McDevitt.. →
Digging into diversity to understand diabetes
Stanford Medicine SCOPE, May 16 2022.
Studying the human genome — the code that determines how the body is put together and operates — has helped scientists decipher the root of many diseases. Even so, there are still holes (some might say gaping ones) in our knowledge of genetic.. →
Pain Management Services
UPMC Ireland, November 8, 2021.
UPMC’s pain management specialists can help you manage pain, whether it’s acute or chronic. Acute pain comes on suddenly and is often from a specific injury or condition. Chronic pain is daily pain lasting at least three months, according to the International.. →
Deflowering
UCSC Inquiry magazine, October 14 2021
Flowers as symbols are loaded with meaning. So, what does a flower mean when seen through the lens of Robert Mapplethorpe, the controversial photographer best known for his depictions of radical sexuality? Read More >
.. →
Bandages With Brains
UCSC Inquiry magazine, October 14 2021
Assistant Professor Marcella Gomez is teaching artificial intelligence learning models to heal. With electrical and computer engineering professors Marco Rolandi and Mircea Teodorescu, Gomez co-leads a collaborative project that includes clinical.. →
Watching the Clock
UCSC Inquiry magazine, October 14 2021
A ubiquitous blue-green bacteria found in ponds and lakes worldwide may provide the key to unlocking how life on Earth keeps track of day and night. These cyanobacteria—single-celled, microscopic organisms that create energy from sunlight—provide.. →
A Short Story
UCSC Inquiry magazine, October 14 2021
The Nobel Prize weighs about six ounces, but it feels much heavier if you’re female. Only 23 women—about 3 percent of the total—have won a Nobel Prize in the sciences. One of these select few is distinguished professor of molecular, cell and developmental.. →
Why does water squirt out of your eye if you blow your nose really hard?
LiveScience, October 9 2021.
The human body is full of quirks. For example, some people can squirt water (or even smoke or milk) from their eyes.
But how can some people spurt unusual fluids from their eyes, and is it dangerous to their health?
It turns out that when someone.. →
Reading Genomes: The Key to Life and to Thwarting Death
Simons Foundation, September 30, 2021.
In a hospital in Wuhan, China, a 41-year-old man struggles to breathe. He came in on December 26, 2019, with a fever and flu-like symptoms, but doctors can’t figure out what’s ailing him. Several other people at his workplace, an indoor seafood market,.. →
Colds and Other Common Respiratory Diseases Might Surge as Kids Return to School
Science News, August 12 2021.
As U.S. schools resume in-person learning this fall, parents and administrators may have to deal with more outbreaks of colds and other seasonal respiratory illnesses than usual. If so, these outbreaks aren’t likely to be especially dangerous for school-age children,.. →