by Emily Green What does it mean to be an individual? Perhaps you enjoy spending your time doing a particular […]
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The Defenses Have Been Breached: The Foreign Body Reaction
by Siena Mantooth I lived outside as a child, and naturally, I got fairly dirty. My hands and feet would […]
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Parthenogenesis: Do it Yourself
by Brandon Le What if you wanted to start a family, but without the whole partnering up thing? For us […]
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What Grows Up Must Be Rooted Down
by Siena Mantooth Why do trees grow upwards? How do they know what “up” even is? Almost every time we […]
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Neuromuscular Junction
(noun. /nur-oh-MUH-skyoo-lur JUNK-shun) by Garima Singh What does it mean? The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is the connection between the end […]
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Developing drugs: How are Medicines Made?
by Megan Amason Think back to the last time you had a cold. What did you do to help alleviate […]
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70 Years of the Double Helix: Rosalind Franklin and the Structure of DNA
by Rami Major From crime shows tracking down killers to the action movie Rampage with gene-edited predators, DNA and scientific […]
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Germination
(noun. /jer-min-AY-shun/) by Nicole Gadda What does it mean? Germination is the process of seeds or spores developing into actively […]
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DNA Extraction
by Mariah Jones Technique Name: DNA Extraction Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? The goal […]
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Alexander Fleming: El Padre de los Antibióticos
Publicado en Abril 14, 2022 por Nicole Gadda (English Version) Traducido por Maria X. Cardenas, PhD Muchos hemos tomado antibióticos […]
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Cómo mutan los virus
Publicado el 10 Marzo del 2022 por Mariah Jones (English Version) Traducido por Giselle Prida Ajo A medida que navegamos […]
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¿Las ratas topo lampiñas tienen el secreto para el tratamiento del cáncer?
Publicado en Marzo 5, 2022 por Colleen Steward (English version) Traducido por Sofia Benavides Imagina que estás en un viaje […]
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Fighting Back Against Cancer With Chemotherapy
by Chelsea Smith Losing your hair while fighting cancer Nearly everyone has had an experience with cancer, as almost 40% […]
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The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
by Margaret Dedloff Each year, between 10 and 40 million people in the United States get sick with influenza, or […]
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Lineage Tracing
by Danica Dy Technique Name: Lineage Tracing Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 5/5 What is the general purpose? Genes provide […]
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Red Blood Cells
(noun. /red BLUD sell/) by Emma Bouck What does it mean? Red blood cells (also called erythrocytes) are responsible for […]
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Apoptosis
(noun. /ay-pop-TOE-sis/) by Yasemin Cole What does it mean? Apoptosis is a coordinated process in which cells die. Many sources […]
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Pineapples and Proteases
by Amanda Linke The first time I saw a picture of a pineapple plant growing a fruit I thought the […]
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More Than “Meats” the Eye: The Rise of Cultivated Protein
By Hannah Wiedner Take a close look at the burger patties below. One of them was created through conventional agriculture […]
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In vivo
(adjective. /in VEE-voh/) by Madison Williams What does it mean? “In vivo” is a term used to describe a process […]
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