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I was recently (after several years of illness) diagnosed with mast cell activation syndrome. Afrin is the doctor who first described it, and I‘m really glad my doc recommended this. Because mast cells can release over 200 different mediators when they‘re activated, the syndrome can look very different patient to patient. If you or a loved one has been lingering with strange symptoms, I highly recommend reading this before your next appointment!

Too many #powerful women to count.
A few: Eleanor Roosevelt, Kamala Harris,Jennifer Doudna,various women living in the Barbizon Hotel in NYC, author Barbara Pym,& Paula Huntley who started a bookclub in Kosovo after the war in late 1990s.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I really enjoyed most of this book about the discoveries and scientists behind CRISPR gene editing technology. The author uses Dr. Doudna as a way into the story but it really wasn‘t about her. It got bogged down a bit in repeating the ethical arguments for and against using the technology and in what cases it‘s appropriate, but overall it was really interesting.

#newyearnewbooks #artist #day13 #womeninscience #day14
My husband read The Code Breaker & loved it. Of course for me it‘s a #TBR
The graphic novel of Hilma of Klint is wonderful!

Open to those who signed up for #Book2Book with @AllDebooks

Comment below if you would like this copy of A Crack in Creation by Jennifer Doudna, one of the scientists who won the Nobel Prize for gene editing with CRISPR. If multiple people request it, I‘ll hold a drawing to determine the winner on Sept 16.

August 6 #BookBinge LeastFaveGenre Science fiction with too much technology info that I don't understand can be soooo boring and this author is the worst. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

On this weeks Manuscript Monday Meredith recommends a book all about genes and epigenetics. Check it out on Book Interrupted‘s blog: https://www.bookinterrupted.com/post/manuscript-monday-the-epigenetics-revolutio...

Having spent most of my adult life in academic biology and chemistry departments, I could relate to Paabo‘s frustration with inaccuracies and other issues with sequencing methods! What an incredible tale of tenacity and perseverance. This is how great science is done — translating good ideas into action items and executing them with sincerity. I read the book well before Paabo won the Nobel prize, and I‘m not surprised that he did.

Manco‘s multidisciplinary look at the peopling of Europe was fascinating! She relies on genetics, archaeology, and linguistics to piece together the migration patterns starting from first settlement to the Vikings. I don‘t have much knowledge of genetics, so it was hard to visualize terminology like “haplogroup R1a.” However, I took this book as more of a starting point on the subject and I‘m excited to read other works.