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Patience Asanga

Patience is a Nigeria-based freelance science journalist who writes about the environment, biotechnology, and life sciences. She is also the editor of aebsan, a student-run news outlet operated out of the University of Benin, Nigeria. Her writing has featured in aebsan, ICJS, and theGIST.

Articles by Patience Asanga

A Signal for T Cells to Remember

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hCINAP Protein Key to Cellular Senescence: Study

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Astrocytes Feed Glioblastoma, Promoting Tumor Growth: Mouse Study

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Fungal Cold Adaptation Linked to Protein Structure Changes: Study

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Secret to Reproductive Ants’ Longevity Revealed

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Prokaryotes Are Capable of Learning to Recognize Phages

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Plastic Pollution Boosts Bacterial Growth in Lake Water

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Missing Y Chromosome in Mouse Blood Causes Heart Dysfunction

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Mitochondrial Protein Fuels Spread of Head and Neck Cancer 

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Mosquitoes Drawn to Hosts Infected by Dengue, Zika

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Mouse Immune Cells Destroy Nerves’ Coating, Causing Chronic Pain

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Muskoxen Headbutts May Cause Brain Damage: Study

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Rogue Mitochondria Turn Hermaphroditic Snails Female: Study

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Smallpox Vaccine Recruits Skin Bacteria to Fight Disease

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February 2025, Issue 1

A Nanoparticle Delivery System for Gene Therapy

A reimagined lipid vehicle for nucleic acids could overcome the limitations of current vectors.

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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

New Frontiers in Vaccine Development

New Frontiers in Vaccine Development

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