By Emma Goldberg Scientists around the world are racing to find a cure for COVID-19, the disease caused by the […]
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Antibody – Not Just a Media Buzzword
By Alan Curtis The human immune system has two main branches: the innate and the adaptive immune systems. The innate immune […]
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How to be a Pro with Your Protein Intake
By Alec Chaves Whether you’re the star of the football team, a long distance runner, or just like to work […]
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Electronic Cigarettes Affect Our Cardiovascular System
By Eva Vitucci The electronic-cigarette (e-cig) comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, and many different flavoring options. While […]
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Commercial DNA Testing Kits: Worth the Price?
By Rami Major Commercial DNA testing kits are becoming increasingly more popular. Although they can be fun windows into our […]
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Bacteria in your gut are eating your leftovers, and that’s a good thing
By Jeffrey Letourneau Versión en Español What did you eat for dinner last night? It might feel like a long […]
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Sunscreen: Armor for the Skin
By Yogitha Chareddy Spring is in full bloom and the warming weather is encouraging North Carolinians to leave their cozy […]
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Sleep Paralysis
By Rachel Cherney Have you ever woken up to see a shadow in your room, perhaps whispering your name? You […]
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Meet Edward Jenner
By Jenna Beam Meet Edward Jenner, a physician from way back in the early 1800’s. Why do we care about […]
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Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands
By Devina Thiono With Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) still going strong, we’re hearing the phrase “wash your hands” more frequently. […]
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What the heck is the spleen?
By Jenna Beam Let’s level with each other – everyone has a spleen, everyone knows that everyone has a spleen, […]
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Jumping Coronavirus
By Devina Thiono Earlier this year, there was a pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China. It was later found that the […]
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Future of Organ Transplants
By Rachel Cherney If you’ve received your driver’s license, chances are you had the option to decide to donate your […]
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Do we really have the cure for HIV?
By Christian Agosto-Burgos The Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emerged around 1920 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, probably as the […]
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Les Measle-ables
By Jenna Beam If you’ve been alive at any point since 1998, chances are you’ve heard about the anti-vax movement. […]
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CAR T-cell therapy
By Devina Thiono Versión en Español In 2019, around 1.8 million new cancer cases are expected in the U.S. 12,000 […]
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Vaping: An Attack on Your Immune System
By Carolina Herrera Vaping is safer than smoking tobacco you say? Tobacco smoking in the U.S. has decreased, however due […]
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Curing the Common Cold
By Emma Joy Goldberg It’s that time of year again. The time of year when, one by one, your friends, […]
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The Battle Against the Bugs: Antibiotic Tolerance and Staph infections
By Jenna Beam Versión en Español Let’s talk about Staph. If you haven’t had a Staph infection, you probably know […]
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Herd Immunity
By Tim Daugird What if I told you that if enough people got a flu shot, we could all eliminate […]
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