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> Don’t get me wrong: it’s a well-written article explaining the biology to a lay audience. But it doesn’t hold any striking new insights. This "article" in th
by iak8god 9y ago
> Don’t get me wrong: it’s a well-written article explaining the biology to a lay audience. But it doesn’t hold any striking new insights.
This "article" in the Harvard Gazette is basically a press release about an invited lecture that happened at Harvard. If it manages to clearly and correctly explain any science, then it's already going above and beyond its main purpose.
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* Here is Athena Aktipis' lab site: http://www.aktipislab.org http://www.aktipislab.org
* Here is a 2015 NYT article about her work that goes into more detail than this press release: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/science/cellular-cheaters-give-rise-to-cancer.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/science/cellular-cheaters...
* This is the scientific article: http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/370/1673/20140219 http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/370/1673/2014...