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  • May 1st, 2009

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Welcome to my new website and blog! I plan to blog about life science discoveries, the genetics and epidemiology of disease, current public health issues, science news and the way science and the media interact. It is fascinating how the media reports scientific discoveries and can spin it in a positive and negative manner. I hope to establish a reality check from a scientist’s point of view. Please follow my posts on Twitter (@susanepi).



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