Ready for a dia-beatdown? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. In Type-1 diabetes, the immune system attacks the pancreas, stopping insulin production. This messes up blood sugar regulation. Patients need daily insulin injections to survive. Is there another way? Enter Trevor Riechman and team at
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There’s something in the air… This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Could wildfire smoke in the Amazon reach… the South Pole?! Enter Sudip Chakraborty from the University of Maryland. He used satellite data to track black carbon, a chemical produced by combustion. His team determined
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Invisible danger in the atmosphere?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… YOLO!!!…or… “You Only Live Once.” Less actually, if you inhale too many aerosols! These are chemical molecules clustered in the atmosphere. They’re bad for our climate and health. We have ways of monitoring
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Is the lizard behind Ozempic… running for the hills?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Gila Monsters are desert lizards native to the American Southwest. They’re known for their iconic scales, and nasty venom, which is the key ingredient in Ozempic – the famous diabetes
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