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A global health crisis hiding in plain sight

April 22, 2022April 19, 2022climate change, global health crisis

Mark McShane, M.D., writes that the downstream effects of human-driven climate change can cause and worsen a wide array of health problems.

From The Labs

New gene to make plants heat-tolerant in rising temperatures

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021climate change, crop yield, gene patent, heart stress tolerant, heat stress, Research

The Kendal Hirschi Lab at Baylor College of Medicine recently had a patent approved for a gene that helps plants beat the heat.

From the Labs: A closer look at tertiary lymphoid structures. Image courtesy of M. Zelazowski/ P. Castro/Baylor’s Human Tissue Acquisition & Pathology (HTAP) Core.