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 […]
Pregnancy Risks in a Post-Roe America
By: Harleen Dhillon How free is America when laws regulate and harm the state of healthcare for women? With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many women with pregnancy-related cancers will be unable to terminate their pregnancies, which can lead to health risks—even death. Jordyn Silverstein and Katherine Van Loon, two researchers at UCSF, discuss […]
Break Out of Jail: COVID-19 Outbreaks within the Prison System
By: Derek Hsu A sentence other than death. Many individuals subjugated to the US incarceration system are exposed to gang rivalries, inhumane conditions, and low staffing levels – a sentence some would argue strips the personality and character of an individual. However, the physical layout of prisons, in particular their outdated building design, are causing […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]