By: Daniel Voronel Chemotherapy is one of the most common ways of treating cancer but is not always a foolproof method to help patients gain remission. Oftentimes, it is difficult to tell if chemotherapy will actually eliminate cancerous cells or fail to take effect. A recent paper written by Hanbing Song and Simon Bucher et […]
‘Tis the Season for Fires: Wildfire Smoke linked to Skin Disease
By: Shalini Saravanan Red skies, gray flakes, and the smell of something burnt. This is the reality of the wildfire seasons that come around to California on a yearly basis, although to the average native Californian, wildfire season simply marks the beginning of Fall. Due to decreased rainfall and the persisting drought, California wildfires have […]
Epilepsy Research
By: Jacob Yinger Epilepsy is a disease that 50 million people worldwide suffer from, and 80% of those reside in third world countries with minimal access to healthcare. This disease causes irreversible brain damage due to unwarranted electrical activity in the brain, which results in regular seizures. There are many treatments for epilepsy, mostly consisting […]
The Medical Revolution of Virus Treatment and Diagnostics: CRISPR-Cas
by: Paige McGarry Recent developments in the gene-editing technology CRISPR-Cas have introduced incredible advancements in diagnostic procedures. As of late, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has impacted more than 215 countries around the world, and with no evident cure, the virus is leaving destruction in its wake. The diagnostic abilities of CRISPR-Cas pose potential solutions towards solving […]
A Not-So-New Epidemic: Xenophonic Rhetoric and Anti-Asian Sentiments Within the U.S.
by: Lizzy Trinh On January 28, 2021, an elderly immigrant from Thailand was taking his morning stroll in a San Francisco neighborhood when he was violently shoved to his death in a racially motivated attack. The mourning family of the victim expressed that this hate crime was not simply a random, isolated event, but an […]
Attention!
by: Amy Wise How does our brain decide between passively processing what we see and integrating the world around us into perception and experience? Numerous psychological studies seek to understand the basis of attention. Attention is the foundation of learning because it allows our brain to process information and begin to develop perception. If we […]
3D Printed Absorber for Capturing Chemotherapy Drugs
by: Jose Avila Imagine a world set in the future where technology has advanced so far that it is capable of carrying out complicated medical procedures with extreme precision. Imagine this world has found the key to better cancer treatments that are much more effective and have few negative after-effects. Well, perhaps that future is […]
Hacked – When Life-Saving Technology becomes a Life-Threatening Risk
by: Katherine Stenger The withholding of a pacemaker shock after cardiac arrest. The delivery of an extremely high dose of insulin. The prevention of access to medical files in an emergency room. All three of these potentially fatal situations can be created with simple hacks to extremely vulnerable medical devices. For a growing number of […]
Consumer Inertia in the Healthcare Industry
by: Ming Pei People often have great difficulty choosing the best healthcare plan and treatment because of the limited healthcare price transparency and the energy cost to find a better healthcare plan. Professor Ben Handel at UC Berkeley used the data from the large employer-sponsored insurance system and conducted research to find that consumer inertia […]
A Closer Look into the HIV Life Cycle: Hijacking the Host Cell
by: Sherry Wu Around every 9.5 minutes, one person in the United States alone is newly infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (Center of Disease Control and Prevention). This rapid rate at which HIV propagates is extremely alarming, hinting at the significant role that this virus plays on a larger scale. In fact globally, an […]