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Today, you\u2019ll learn about a new anxiety-free way to collect blood samples modeled on the sucking power of leeches, the super carbon-gobbling power of blue-green algae, and a new understanding of how asthma happens - and maybe how to stop it.  

Leeches & Blood Tests 

• \u201cBlood diagnostics modeled on leeches.\u201d by Fabio Bergamin. 2024.  
• \u201cPrevalence, causes, impacts, and management of needle phobia: An international survey of a general adult population.\u201d by Kimberly Alsbrooks & Klaus Hoerauf. 2022.  
• \u201c A Bioinspired and Cost-Effective Device for Minimally Invasive Blood Sampling.\u201d by Nicole Zoratto, et al. 2024.  

Algae & Carbon 

• \u201cScientists unlock key to breeding \u2018carbon gobbling\u2019 plants with a major appetite.\u201d Scimex. 2024.  
• \u201cLight and carbon: Synthetic biology toward new cyanobacteria-based living biomaterials.\u201d by Isabella M. Goodchild-Michelman, et al. 2023.  
• \u201cCyanobacterial a-carboxysome carbonic anhydrase is allosterically regulated by the Rubisco substrate RuBP.\u201d by Sacha B. Pulsford, et al. 2024.  

Asthma Cause 

• \u201cChronic asthma could be caused by cell overcrowding in the airways.\u201d by Monique Brouillette. 2024.  
• \u201cAsthma Surveillance Data.\u201d CDC. 2021. 
• \u201cBronchoconstriction damages airway epithelial by crowding-induced excess cell extrusion.\u201d by Dustin C. Bagley, et al. 2024.  

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