Robert Dickson
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Pulmonary & Critical Care physician at the University of Michigan. I study the microbiome's role in lung disease and critical illness. https://t.co/pNGz1N5Wtu
Leonard Rome’s lab discovered an odd, abundant component of cells in the 1980s—and he’s still trying to figure out what it does. Learn more in this @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/40arg4a #ScienceMagArchives
Today, the FDA is taking action to remove concentrated ingestible fluoride prescription drug products for children from the market. A growing body of research is demonstrating how ingested fluoride can alter the gut microbiome. This is especially concerning with young children where the microbiome is in a critical state of development. When it comes to children, this FDA will always err on the side of safety.
Nurses tie two gloves filled with hot water to stimulate the human touch and to comfort the isolated patients. The practice was devised by Semei Araújo Cunha and Vanessa Formenton, two nurses in the small city of Sao Carlos, Brazil, amid the COVID-19 pandemics.
