NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn t happen this week
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1of4FILE - In this June 3, 2021 file photo, a Pfizer vaccine is prepared at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Wash. On Friday, June 11, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming COVID-19 vaccines make people produce a spike protein that is a toxin and can spread to other parts of the body and damage organs.Elaine Thompson/APShow MoreShow Less
2of4FILE - In this May 26, 2021 file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee looking into the budget estimates for NIH and the state of medical research, on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, June 11, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming people should stop wearing masks because leaked emails written by Fauci said masks aren’t effective against COVID-19. (S
Hip Deep Angola 4: The Cuban Intervention in Angola
The 27-year-long Angolan civil war was also an international crossroads of the Cold War as well as a regional resource war, involving Cuba, the Soviet Union, Zaire, South Africa, and the U.S. When it was over, Namibia was independent, apartheid had fallen, Angola was a nation, and the Soviet Union had ceased to exist. Through music, interviews, and historical radio clips, producer Ned Sublette, author of
Cuba and Its Music, tells the story of Cuba’s massive commitment in Africa, from the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and the subsequent independence of Congo, to the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. We talk to guest scholar Piero Gleijeses, foreign policy specialist at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and author of
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IMAGE: The AstroPath platform allows for the assessment of the level of expression of a given marker on individual cells, while maintaining information on their spatial location. Shown here is. view more
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Pairing sky-mapping algorithms with advanced immunofluorescence imaging of cancer biopsies, researchers at The Mark Foundation Center for Advanced Genomics and Imaging at Johns Hopkins University and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy developed a robust platform to guide immunotherapy by predicting which cancers will respond to specific therapies targeting the immune system.
A new platform, called AstroPath, melds astronomic image analysis and mapping with pathology specimens to analyze microscopic images of tumors.