Think one flu shot fits all? Think again. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Vaccines train your immune system to make antibodies, which recognize and help block viruses. But turns out…not everyone makes the same antibodies! Alexandra Fischer and team at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet studied
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What if one man’s veins … held the ultimate snakebite cure! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Traditional antivenoms? They’re made from animal blood – YUCK! That can lead to allergic reactions, and they only work for specific snakes’ poison. Is there a simpler solution?
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Next year’s flu shot may come from llamas!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Flu vaccines help us make antibodies — trained assassins that target bad bugs! But flu comes in many strains, which are always changing. This makes it challenging to predict the most
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Is a new aid in treating heart disease. . . Netflix? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Streaming movies on demand has killed the D-V-D. What to do with the old disks? You only need so many suncatchers, right? Enter Hua-Zhong Yu’s team at the
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