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North America Analysis April 2022
We embrace Spring 2022 with our April volume of North America Analysis, packed with insightful editorial and profile features.
Model systems of medicolegal death investigation
Chief Medical Examiner Victor W. Weedn, MD, JD, highlights the ways in which medicolegal death investigation (MDI) systems vary widely in the U.S. and the world.
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Global food security analysis – part 1
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Visualising genomic instability in cancer
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Food allergy in Africa
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Sex, language & coevolving informatics
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A new wave of molecular cancer therapeutics
Hernando Lopez-Bertoni, explores the new wave of molecular cancer therapeutics and states the case for learning the mechanisms as a pro, so one can target them as an artist.
Learning with technology in public and higher education
Dean Emeritus Katy Campbell, University of Alberta, discusses the future of girls and women in STEM education.
Next generation sequencing in tissues: Towards in situ multiomics
Recent years have seen an increase in techniques developed for spatial transcriptomics, enabling gene expression patterns to be uncovered within intact, three-dimensional tissues.
Mental Health First Aid: A resource for trauma-informed care in rural Texas
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How can innovation help turn climate emergency declarations into real actions?
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A history of medicolegal death investigation and forensic pathology
Victor W. Weedn, MD, JD, Former Chief Medical Examiner at the Maryland Department of Health offers fascinating insights into the history of medicolegal death investigation and origins of forensic pathology