Claudia Lopez Lloreda
Science Journalist at Freelance
Reporter at @_TheTransmitter and @Open_Notebook Early Career Fellow | Prev. @AAASMassMedia '21 @STATNews | PhD from @PennNGG 🧠 | Boricua 🇵🇷 | She/her
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3 weeks ago |
undark.org | Claudia Lopez Lloreda
Since the National Science Foundation first started collecting postgraduation data nearly 70 years ago, the number of Ph.D.s awarded in the United States has consistently risen. Last year, more than 45,000 students earned doctorates in science and engineering, about an eight-fold increase compared to 1958. But this level of production of science and engineering Ph.D. students is now in question.
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1 month ago |
holisticprimarycare.net | Erik Goldman |Claudia Lopez Lloreda
By Claudia López Lloreda (This article was originally published on April 9, 2025 on Undark.org)In recent years, health apps have seen an explosion in development and usage: Today, there are about 350,000 apps available to help people with everything from tracking weight, to finding a therapist, to helping identify skin lesions.
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1 month ago |
technewstube.com | Claudia Lopez Lloreda
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1 month ago |
arstechnica.com | Claudia Lopez Lloreda
New therapeutic strategies build on the success of immunotherapy. In 2012, clinicians at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia treated Emily Whitehead, a 6-year-old with leukemia, with altered immune cells from her own body. At the time, the treatment was experimental, but it worked: The cells targeted the cancer and eradicated it. Thirteen years later, Whitehead is still cancer-free.
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1 month ago |
undark.org | Claudia Lopez Lloreda
In 2012, clinicians at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia treated Emily Whitehead, a 6-year-old with leukemia, with altered immune cells from her own body. At the time, the treatment was experimental, but it worked: The cells targeted the cancer and eradicated it. Thirteen years later, Whitehead is still cancer-free. The modified cells, called CAR-T cells, are a form of immunotherapy, where doctors change parts of the immune system into cancer-attacking instruments.
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