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  • Reporter, Front Matter, PNAS
Washington, D.C.
As seen in: PNAS, Medium, The Atlantic, JSTOR Daily, MDPI, Phys.org, Salon, Smithsonian Magazine, The Mercury News, Science Magazine, Science News and
Science reporter for Front Matter, journalism from @PNASNews. Alum of @grist & @ScienceNews HMU: amcdermott@nas.edu. Views my own.
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An Asteroid Ended the Age of the Dinosaurs. But How Did Their Reign Begin? Mysterious Early Reptiles May Hold the Answer

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By Amy McDermott 
| Smithsonian Magazine
Researchers are uncovering the evolutionary steps that set the stage for dinosaurs to rule the planet This piece first appeared in the Front Matter section of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A small but fierce jawbone sits in Argentina’s natural science museum in Buenos Aires.
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Post-wildfires, toxic smoke a lasting health concern in California

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By Amy McDermott 
| Kiowa County Press
(California News Service) Click play to listen to an abbreviated version of this article. This past February, chemist Pawel Misztal pulled his white Ford van onto the I-10 freeway, headed west from Austin, Texas, to southern California. The last embers of the massive Eaton and Palisades fires cooled as Misztal drove toward a devastated Los Angeles County.
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The Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rat as a Model for Vascular Changes in Diabetic Kidney Disease: Characterising Hydronephrosis

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By S. Byrholdt, Stinne Byrholdt Søgaard, Amy McDermott , Nathalie Sarup Panduro
| MDPI
1. Introduction Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a major complication of diabetes and poses a significant global healthcare challenge, affecting 20–40% of individuals with diabetes [1]. DKD develops asymptomatically and is characterised by progressive damage to the renal vascular and tubular systems caused by autophagy, oxidative stress, and inflammatory processes [2]. Key risk factors include poor glucose regulation, hypertension, and genetic predisposition.
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