Sneha Khedkar is a freelance science journalist based out of Bengaluru, India. She writes about health and life sciences. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, Knowable Magazine, New Scientist and The Scientist, among other publications. She completed an M.Sc. in biochemistry at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, after which she was a research fellow studying stem cells in the skin. Her website is https://www.snehakhedkar.com/.

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