(noun. /ATH-er-o-scler-OH-sis/) By Madison Williams What does it mean? Atherosclerosis is a disease of the arteries where there is a […]
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Is there a maximum number of heartbeats?
By Taylor Tibbs When you think of a mouse and a blue whale, the first difference you probably think of […]
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Seeing Clearly
by Whitney Bell Recently, I had to stop wearing my contact lenses for a week when North Carolina’s tree pollen […]
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Why Paper Cuts Don’t Kill Us
By Madison Williams Oh no! You’re studying for your biology test tomorrow, and you get a papercut. You grab a […]
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The Human Pancreas
By Madison Williams What is the pancreas? The human pancreas is an organ located in the abdomen, behind the stomach, […]
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Cardiac Lymphatics
By Natalie Nielsen If anyone has healed from an injury causing a swollen limb or body part, then they have […]
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“Bearing Down” on Muscle Loss
By Alec Chaves If you’ve been following my previous blog posts, you’ll notice I like to talk about skeletal muscle. […]
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Muscling our way toward movement
By Alec Chaves There are many aspects of human biology that are fascinating…. how we breathe, how we turn food […]
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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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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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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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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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The Human Genome Project: More Questions than Answers
By Laetitia Meyrueix The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an amazing endeavor to map the full human genome. A genome […]
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Blood
By Eva Vitucci Blood. It makes some people squeamish, some people faint, but it makes all of us alive. Blood […]
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Forest Fire Flames and Smoke: Double the Trouble
By Eva Vitucci As of Friday November 16, 2018, California was home to the three most polluted cities in the […]
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Our Unbeliverable Liver
By Eva Vitucci The human body is an amazing entity, and as can be seen by watching the recent Winter […]
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See the Rainbow?
By Jennifer Schiller When I was young, there was this one kid in my class who had all the colors […]
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Dietary Supplements: #NewYearNewMe or #NewYearNewLiver ?
By Eva Vitucci As 2018 makes its grand entrance, so does the ever trending hashtag #NewYearNewMe. This hashtag is frequently […]
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Eat Your Heart Out: Growing Heart Tissue on Spinach Leaves
By Allyson Roberts Regenerative medicine is one of the hottest topics in biomedical science right now. Multiple labs are using […]
Continue readingYour Ancestors Had Better Teeth Than You Do, So Go Brush Your Teeth
By Lauriel Earley If you’ve ever been to the dentist, you’ll know that most of your time there is spent […]
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