Each week, the ScienceSeeker editors pick their favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise. Here is a round-up of the Science Seeker Editors’ Selections for the past week:
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America approves ‘revolutionary’ CAR T cell immunotherapy — what does this mean for cancer patients? by Claire Hastings at Institute of Cancer Research
This 1,000-year-old oak tree survived Hurricane Harvey by Ellen Airhart at Popular Science
Perspective: What's the Risk of an Outbreak After a Flood? at Infective Perspective
Were Ancient Humans Healthier Than Us? by Ricki Lewis at DNA Science Blog
Memo To White Nationalists From A Geneticist: Why White Purity Is A Terrible Idea by Ricki Lewis at Science Trends
For politicians, the more data, the more they ignore by Scott K Johnson at Ars Technica
How biotechnology is making farming more sustainable by Randy Krotz at Genetic Literacy Project
Missing symbionts: do some animals lack resident gut microbiomes? by Elin Videvall at The Molecular Ecologist
Podcast of the week: Microbiome Research – Opportunity or Over-hype? with Anand Jagatia, Benjamin Thompson, Julian Marchesi, Jim Prosser, Lindsay Hall and Thorunn Helgason at The Microbiology Society
Eating Triggers Release of Endogenous Opioids in Human Brain, Study Reveals at Sci News
The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end – here’s why by Simon McCarthy-Jones at The Conversation
The brain’s wiring as you've never seen it before via Cosmos Magazine
Which encoding mechanism is best for Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean? by Cherrie Kwok at NYU Center for Data Science
Check back next week for more great picks!
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