Category: Health and Disease

CAR T-cell therapy

November 14, 2019July 23, 2023 admin

By Devina Thiono Versión en Español In 2019, around 1.8 million new cancer cases are expected in the U.S. 12,000 […]

Vaping: An Attack on Your Immune System

November 8, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Carolina Herrera Vaping is safer than smoking tobacco you say? Tobacco smoking in the U.S. has decreased, however due […]

Curing the Common Cold

October 31, 2019January 31, 2021 admin

By Emma Joy Goldberg It’s that time of year again. The time of year when, one by one, your friends, […]

The Battle Against the Bugs: Antibiotic Tolerance and Staph infections

October 10, 2019July 23, 2023 admin

By Jenna Beam Versión en Español Let’s talk about Staph. If you haven’t had a Staph infection, you probably know […]

Herd Immunity

April 18, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Tim Daugird What if I told you that if enough people got a flu shot, we could all eliminate […]

The Human Genome Project: More Questions than Answers

April 11, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Laetitia Meyrueix The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an amazing endeavor to map the full human genome. A genome […]

Autoimmunity: How T Cells Go Wrong

April 4, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Christian Agosto-Burgos Every single day we are all exposed to thousands of nasty and tiny pathogens, such as bacteria, […]

CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing of Humans – Future or Fiction?

March 28, 2019January 31, 2021 admin

By Dominika Trzilova You’re half of your mom and half of your dad. You get different characteristics from each parent, many […]

Blood

March 23, 2019January 31, 2021 admin

By Eva Vitucci Blood. It makes some people squeamish, some people faint, but it makes all of us alive. Blood […]

Sonic the Hedgehog is Not Just for Video Games

March 7, 2019January 31, 2021 admin

By Julia DiFiore Much like Fortnite today, Sonic the Hedgehog was everywhere in the early 1990s – from video games […]

Directing the Immune System Towards Cancer

January 31, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Clare Gyorke We’ve all heard of the big bad Cancer. There are many types of cancer, and cancer – […]

Science Shows it Really is Harder for Teens to Wake Up Early

November 1, 2018February 16, 2021 admin

By Eva Vitucci Scientists have proven that it truly is harder for teens to wake up earlier than other age […]

Sailing to Mars

May 3, 2018February 16, 2021 admin

By Jennifer Schiller Did you ever want to go to space? Explore a distant planet and discover its secrets? Yeah, […]

“Y” So Different?

April 19, 2018February 16, 2021 admin

By Rachel Cherney While a baby is developing, it is by default, female. However, with the presence of the Y […]

Chlamydia is Sneaky

March 9, 2018February 1, 2021 admin

By Clare Gyorke I’m sure many of you remember the movie, “Mean Girls“ and have heard Coach Carr’s famous caution […]

Our Unbeliverable Liver

March 1, 2018February 16, 2021 admin

By Eva Vitucci The human body is an amazing entity, and as can be seen by watching the recent Winter […]

The Flu and You

February 8, 2018February 1, 2021 admin

By Christina Marvin If you have not come down with the flu yourself, you most likely have had a friend […]

See the Rainbow?

February 1, 2018February 1, 2021 admin

By Jennifer Schiller When I was young, there was this one kid in my class who had all the colors […]

Dietary Supplements: #NewYearNewMe or #NewYearNewLiver ?

January 25, 2018February 16, 2021 admin

By Eva Vitucci As 2018 makes its grand entrance, so does the ever trending hashtag #NewYearNewMe. This hashtag is frequently […]

Synesthesia: Taste the Rainbow

January 4, 2018February 16, 2021 admin

By Jennifer Schiller Close your eyes and remember your breakfast. How did it feel? Was it slimy scrambled eggs? Was […]