Sarah Zhang

2 months ago | svd.se | Sarah Zhang

Den reumatiska sjukdomen SLE ansågs obotlig. Men en rad genombrott ger nytt hopp – också mot andra autoimmuna sjukdomar som MS. Nyckeln: att programmera om kroppens egna T-celler till ettriga små yrkesmördare. Publicerad 2025-03-14 05:37Läkare brukar säga att SLE (systemisk lupus erythematosus) aldrig drabbar två patienter på samma vis. Sjukdomen får immunförsvaret att löpa amok på ett sätt som kan drabba i stort sett alla organ i kroppen – men när och var tycks hopplöst slumpmässigt.

2 months ago | michigandaily.com | Sarah Zhang

A few weeks ago, I watched a video that compared President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda with former President William McKinley’s, whomTrump often cites  as political  inspiration. Although I appreciated learning about the current president’s policy rationale and the international impacts of tariffs, I questioned the validity of the comparison. Why do we assume that comparisons between events separated by more than a century will add value to our present-day discussions?

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Sarah Zhang

In the early, uncertain days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists delivered one comforting pronouncement: The virus that caused COVID mutates rather slowly. If that remained true, the virus would not change much to become more dangerous soon, and any vaccine could provide years of durable protection. What actually happened was that SARS-CoV-2 began mutating quickly, first to be more transmissible and then to evade our immunity, causing breakthrough infections and reinfections.

Feb 3, 2025 | portside.org | Sarah Zhang

Eat Less Beef. Eat More Ostrich? Published February 3, 2025 A few months ago, I found myself in an unexpected conversation with a woman whose husband raises cattle in Missouri. She, however, had recently raised and butchered an ostrich for meat. It’s more sustainable, she told me. Sure, I nodded along, beef is singularly terrible for the planet. And ostrich is a red meat, she added. “I don’t taste any difference between it and beef.” Really?

Jan 29, 2025 | michigandaily.com | Sarah Zhang

For the past five years, I opened my laptop on Jan. 1 to list 10 new habits in my yearly Google Sheets habit tracker. With each calendar flip, I become hopeful that I’ll finally read for 20 minutes each day, hit the gym at least four times a week or only eat out a few times a month. But this Jan. 1 felt different. As I sat on the couch watching the Rose Parade with a blank spreadsheet, I noticed that the habits on my list were the same ones I strove for over and over again the past few years.