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Anna Napolitano, PhD

Anna Napolitano is a freelance science writer based in London with bylines in several outlets. As a PhD student and as a postdoc, she published several peer-reviewed papers in the immunology field. She then earned a post-graduate certificate in science communication from the University of the West of England and now works as a science writer, editor, and communicator. She collaborated with Mosaic Science, Wellcome Trust’s online open-access long-form publication, and regularly writes for The Naked Scientists and Nature Italy. Read more of her work at annanapolitano.com.

Articles by Anna Napolitano, PhD

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A Novel Tool to Explore the Gut-brain Connection

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New Synthetic E. coli Is Immune to Bacteriophage Infection

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Delayed T cell Response Allows Tuberculosis to Gain Foothold in Monkeys

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Neurons Damaged in Dementia Recognize Interruptions to Patterns

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DNA Methylation Could Predict Ovarian, Breast Cancers

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A Nanoparticle Delivery System for Gene Therapy

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Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

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From Water Bears to Grizzly Bears: Unusual Animal Models

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

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Scaling Lentiviral Vector Manufacturing for Optimal Productivity

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Putting Pathogens to the Test with Wastewater Surveillance

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Generating High-Quality mRNA for In Vivo Delivery with lipid nanoparticles

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