by Wendy Sun Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? The purpose of the Morris water […]
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EdU Staining
by Natalie Thomas Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Proliferation is a measurement of how […]
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Recombination
Noun. /ree-kahm-buh-NAY-shuhn/ by Erick Figueroa-Ildefonso What does it mean? In genetics, recombination is the process by which two pieces of […]
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White Matter
Noun. /ˈwaɪt ˌmæt̬.ɚ/ by Christine Side What does it mean? White matter is a type of tissue located deep in […]
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Sally Ride and the Thirty-Five New Guys
by Margaret Dedloff On June 18th 1983, history was made when astronaut Sally Ride went to space aboard the space […]
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Transwell Migration Assay
by Hannah Thrash Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Scientists use migration assays to watch […]
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Cre Recombinase
by Natalie Thomas Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 5/5 What is the general purpose? Mouse models are used worldwide to […]
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Evolution
Noun. / EH·vuh·loo·shun / by Jessica Zhang What does it mean? In the context of biology, evolution is the process […]
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Genetically-engineered embryos: germline editing and the ethical considerations behind this hot topic
by Julia Riley The introduction of gene therapies have revolutionized the way we think about illness, cancer, and even aging. […]
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All Bananas are the Same: The History of Your Favorite Fruit
by Erin Dickert If you’ve tried one banana, you’ve tried them all. Technically. Accounting for almost 99% of all banana […]
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I Scream, You Scream, My Brain Freezes for Ice Cream
by Sarah Angle Figure 1. A child eating a cold treat while experiencing a brain freeze. (Aheram, Jayel. Brain_freeze-01A. 2009. […]
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Evolutionary Simulation
by RP Pornmongkolsuk Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Not all scientific research is done […]
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CRISPR: A New and Emerging Gene Editing Technique
by Ellissa DeFeyter Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? CRISPR (Clustered Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) […]
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Lentiviral Transduction
by Claire Greene Whitfield Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Lentiviral transduction is a technique […]
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Organoid
(Noun. /OR-guh-noid) by Yasemin Cole What does it mean? An organoid is a miniature, simplified, and specialized version of an […]
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Differentiation
Noun. /DIF-uh-ren-shee-AY-shun/ by Jessica Zhang What does it mean? Differentiation is the process by which an unspecialized cell – such […]
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Hungry Hungry HIPPO
by Hannah Thrash Your body’s growth is fueled by the growth of your cells. If your cells didn’t continue to […]
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Sugar courses through plant veins to feed us all
by Imani Madison Most land plants (specifically vascular plants) have evolved a complex vascular system to extract water and food […]
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Slithered Into Trouble: Burmese Pythons in the Everglades
by Margaret Dedloff The Everglades National Park is an area of land larger than 2,000 square acres in South Florida. […]
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How Mycobacterium tuberculosis Evades the Immune System—For Years
by Marco Gontijo Tuberculosis (TB) has claimed more lives than any other infectious disease in the history of humanity, with […]
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