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Learn about “brain fog” in menopause; NASA’s patent prevalence; and a plant gene found in an insect for the first time.
Additional resources from Dr. Jen Gunter:
People Working On NASA Projects Rack Up Every One In 1,000 Patents by Joanie Faletto
A plant gene was found in an insect for the first time by Cameron Duke
- Plant gene found in insect, shields it from leaf toxins. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/cp-pg031721.php
- Xia, J., Guo, Z., Yang, Z., Han, H., Wang, S., Xu, H., Yang, X., Yang, F., Wu, Q., Xie, W., Zhou, X., Dermauw, W., Turlings, T. C. J., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Whitefly hijacks a plant detoxification gene that neutralizes plant toxins. Cell, 184(7), 1693-1705.e17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.014
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