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W&M student Likhitha Kolla ’18 awarded Thomas Jefferson Prize in Natural Philosophy – Williamsburg Yorktown Daily

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2018-02-03 NEWS

Williamsburg Yorktown Daily

W&M student Likhitha Kolla ’18 awarded Thomas Jefferson Prize in Natural Philosophy
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
She was a member of the 2016 iGEM team, which won a Gold Medal at an international syntheticbiology competition. Chancellor Professor of Biology Margaret Saha, faculty mentor to William & Mary’s iGEM team, says she’s a “huge fan of Likhitha

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2018-02-03 NEWS

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AveXis Gene Therapy Used in Series of SMA Clinical Trials Both Safe and ‘Transformative,’ Executives Say in Interview
SMA News Today
The Penn study found severe liver and motor neuron toxicity, respectively, in the three monkeys and three piglets it treated at high dose with an AAVhu68 vector used to deliver a gene therapy. That vector is a variant of the AAV9 vectors being used in

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2018-02-02 NEWS

Getting ready for the summer sun with ‘green’ sunscreens
Science Daily
However, some synthetic sunscreen components can accumulate in aquatic environments and potentially cause harm by acting as hormone disruptors. One alternative to these ingredients is the biodegradable sunscreen compound shinorine, a UV-absorbing