Sneha Khedkar

Sneha Khedkar

Sneha Khedkar is an Assistant Editor at The Scientist. She has a Master’s degree in biochemistry, after which she studied the molecular mechanisms of skin stem cell migration during wound healing as a research fellow at the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine in Bangalore, India. She has previously written for Scientific American, New Scientist, and Knowable Magazine, among others.

Articles by Sneha Khedkar

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Galloping Towards a Better Understanding of Cancer

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Why Do Some Runners Get Sick After a Marathon?

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Rhino Genome Mapped in Hopes of Species Rescue

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Profiling MicroRNA from Poo to Understand Gut Health and Disease

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Microbial Masons Cement Bricks for Lunar Habitation

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A Novel Engineered Protein Boosts T Cell Antitumor Activity

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What Is Gene Doping in Sports, and How Can Experts Detect It?

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Bat Cells in a Dish Offer a Tool to Study Their Viral Responses

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Why Do Some Women Crave Chocolate Before Their Period?

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Mitochondrial DNA: A Maternal Legacy That Helps Trace the Past and Diagnose the Future

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A Man Who Survived Hundreds of Snakebites Helped Scientists Develop a Potent Antivenom

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Funding Disruptions in Cancer Research Affect Patients’ Lives, Scientists Say

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Microbes Fuel the Immune Cells That Engulf Them

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Targeting a Fat Cell Receptor to Drive Weight Loss

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How Climate Influences a Deadly Snake’s Venom Chemistry

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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