{"id":14,"date":"2012-02-04T08:37:37","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T16:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baxtcomm.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:23:47","slug":"our-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/baxtcomm.com\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-35888261-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text\/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https:\/\/ssl' : 'http:\/\/www') + '.google-analytics.com\/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); \/\/ ]]><\/script>I have written a little bit of everything: newsletters, brochures, op-eds, case statements, blog posts and web pages. Here&#8217;s my <a title=\"Resume\" href=\"https:\/\/baxtcomm.com\/?page_id=70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resume<\/a> and a few samples to show what I can do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Articles \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Basic science research has three main goals: figure out the natural world, train the next generation of scientists, and generate discoveries that can become new diagnostics and therapies. <a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.med.miami.edu\/the-quiet-evolution\/\">The Quiet Evolution: How Basic Science Transforms Lives<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a study published in\u00a0<em>Nature,<\/em> researchers from Gladstone Institutes and Stanford University leveraged a comprehensive method of probing every gene in a cell to connect diseases and other traits with their underlying genetic machinery. These maps could clarify confusing biology and pinpoint disease-causing genes that are ripe for intervention. <a href=\"https:\/\/gladstone.org\/news\/genomic-maps-untangle-complex-roots-disease\">Genomic Maps Untangle the Complex Roots of Disease<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moving a potential therapy from the laboratory to the pharmacy has always been a slow, incremental journey. In recent years, this process has been exacerbated by a trend towards more complex active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). As a result, some drugs now require as many as 20 steps to synthesize. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d42473-025-00333-1\">AI does the heavy lifting to simplify early-stage drug development.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remember the kids\u2019 song \u201cThere Ain\u2019t No Bugs on Me\u201d? Totally untrue. There are lots of \u201cbugs\u201d on us\u2014bacteria, viruses, fungi\u2014trillions of them. They\u2019re on our skin, throughout our guts, possibly in our brains, pretty much everywhere. Don\u2019t recoil; it\u2019s a good thing. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegomagazine.com\/San-Diego-Magazine\/July-2018\/San-Diego-Health-2018\/Your-Body-Is-Bugged\/?platform=hootsuite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Your Body is Bugged<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cancer is not like other diseases. Most conditions have external causes\u200a\u2014\u200abacteria, viruses, injury\u200a\u2014\u200abut cancer comes from inside us. Cells go rogue, divide recklessly, invade other tissues and spread throughout the body. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@salkinstitute\/taking-aim-at-five-deadly-cancers-e597b537b80d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taking Aim at Five Deadly Cancers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the early 1980s, Savita Pahwa, M.D., was director of immunology at North Shore University Hospital in Long Island, New York, when an unnamed disease began killing children. She thinks about them often. \u201cI remember all the beautiful children,\u201d she said. \u201cI had such close relationships with them.\u201d <em><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.med.miami.edu\/is-this-the-end-of-hiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is This the End of HIV<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>What is aging? That question is more complex than it may appear. On an intuitive level, it\u2019s our bodies becoming less resilient. Strenuous exercise, minor muscle strains, late nights out with friends\u2014we just can\u2019t bounce back like we used to. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.salk.edu\/spring-2021\/the-aging-puzzle-comes-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Aging Puzzle Comes Together<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Axiom Space is designing a next-generation space station, providing a safe and comfortable environment for astronauts to live and work in orbit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshmma.com\/us\/mma\/limitless\/rocket-science.html\">Rocket Science<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Viruses have limited genetic material\u2014and few proteins\u2014so all the pieces must work extra hard. Zika is a great example; the virus only produces 10 proteins. Now, in a study published in the journal PLOS Pathogens, researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys have shown how the virus does so much with so little and may have identified a therapeutic vulnerability. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/sbpdiscovery.org\/news\/study-reveals-zikas-shape-shifting-machinery-and-a-possible-vulnerability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study reveals Zika\u2019s shape-shifting machinery\u2014and a possible vulnerability<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Consider a soap bubble. The way it contains the minimal possible surface area is surprisingly efficient. This is not a trivial issue. Mathematicians have been looking for better ways to calculate minimal surfaces for hundreds of years. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/cse.ucsd.edu\/about\/news\/brief-history-minimal-surfaces-and-ants-love-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Brief History of Minimal Surfaces and the Ants That Love Them<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Call it archaeology by other means. Rather than sifting through tons of dirt and carefully cataloguing human artifacts, Eske Willerslev and his colleagues have used Illumina NovaSeq Systems to sequence 5000 ancient human genomes, revealing previously unseen historical nuance. This research tour de force, which is being published this month in four papers in the journal Nature, offers a rich view of early human migrations, mating habits, and disease variants, and their impact on modern Europeans. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/emea.illumina.com\/company\/news-center\/feature-articles\/what-5000-ancient-human-genomes-can-reveal-about-european-health.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What 5000 ancient human genomes can reveal about European health and heritage<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have written a little bit of everything: newsletters, brochures, op-eds, case statements, blog posts and web pages. Here&#8217;s my resume and a few samples to show what I can do. 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