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Cancer Drugs Give and Take: Janet Cooke-Wright and Alma Levant Hayden

Nora

Mar 9
5 min

Cancer Drugs Give and Take: Janet Cooke-Wright and Alma Levant Hayden

Jane Cooke Wright and Alma Levant Hayden - two Black American women scientists who work on the cure for cancer

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Weighing Risks and Benefits: Smallpox - Lady Montagu and Janet Parker

Nora

Sep 1, 2020
6 min

Weighing Risks and Benefits: Smallpox - Lady Montagu and Janet Parker

What smallpox, a disease of the past, can teach us about COVID-19.

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How Science Commercialisation Affected AIDS History: Gertrude Elion and Shuping Sunshine Wang

Nora

Jun 30, 2020
8 min

How Science Commercialisation Affected AIDS History: Gertrude Elion and Shuping Sunshine Wang

How science commercialisation affected AIDS history: Gertrude Elion and Sunshine WangS

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Science and Religion: Multiple Sclerosis - Saint Lidwina and Rita Levi-Montalcini

Nora

Apr 12, 2020
7 min

Science and Religion: Multiple Sclerosis - Saint Lidwina and Rita Levi-Montalcini

Can science and religion live harmoniously? We identified two women in the history of MS whose religion influenced their lives.

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The Differences: Multiple Myeloma - Vera Danchakoff and Geraldine Ferraro

Nora

Jan 24, 2020
7 min

The Differences: Multiple Myeloma - Vera Danchakoff and Geraldine Ferraro

The history of multiple myeloma told through the stories of two women: Dr Vera Danchakoff and Geraldine Ferraro.

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Nora

Dec 16, 2019
1 min

Vienna: Natural History Museum

My visit to Natural History Museum in Vienna. Beautiful building and even more stunning displays of countless specimens.

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