by: Mark Houdi Early exposure is almost always a good thing, but no one really considered said approach with allergies until now. A recent study has shown a significant reduction in peanut and egg allergies specifically by the use of early exposure. Using a special derivative of peanut butter as a substitute at an early […]
Economics of Antibacterial Drug Research
by: Sage Geher The discovery of penicillin prior to WWII is one of the most important milestones in modern medicine, and its wide-scale use during the war made it arguably one of the best defensive weapons employed in the war. Antibiotics are just as important a defensive weapon today as they were in the 1940s, […]
Sleep Disorders: A New Perspective on Preterm Birth
by: Mathias Tevendale While there have been significant advancements in medicine in recent years, premature births remain an unsolved problem. Recent studies conducted at the University of California San Francisco suggest that sleep disorders could be the likely cause of this phenomena. Normal births typically occur at forty weeks of gestation. Premature births, also known […]
Understanding Emotions: it’s not always easy
By: Malika Saxena Human interactions are primarily based on our ability to understand and empathize with the words and actions of others. Often, our thoughts and feelings are conveyed without using words, and this is may be the result of a mirror neuron system (MNS). The job of the MNS is to reproduce tasks when […]
Olfaction and Metabolism: Your sense of smell directs how your body handles food
by: Rusheil Patel Can the perception of what you smell act as a biological mechanism for storing fat? Phrased simply, does your sense of smell influence weight gain? Researchers at UC Berkeley have found compelling information suggesting that the odor of what we eat may strongly affect how our body manages the incoming calories. For […]
Bioengineered Hemoglobin-like Protein Paves Way for Potential Clinical Cure to CO Poisoning
by: Patrick Lin Many of us probably have experienced this scenario before: while pan-frying some leafy vegetables, a few seconds of inattention lead to sharp alarm beeps following billowing clouds of grey smoke erupting from the now-burnt food. You proceed to take the smoke detector off from the wall to turn it off. What you […]
16 Years Past Diagnosis: A Look on the Outcomes of Individuals with ADHD
by: Desiree Delavary Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, more commonly known as ADHD, is characterized by three different qualities: inattention, hyperactivity, also known as being overactive, and impulsivity, or acting without thinking. Often thought of as a childhood disorder that goes away with age, contrasting new evidence has suggested that ADHD is a lifelong disorder. Lily […]
Real-Life Chimeras: Scientists Create Human-Pig Hybrid
by: Caroline Zhou In ancient Egypt, the chimeric forms were associated with gods. Ra, the Sun God, for example, had a falcon head and a human body, and was a protector of mankind. The Chimera has, however, also been a central part of Greek mythology as an omen for disaster. With the front of a […]
Spatial Memory and Recognition: How You Know Where You Are
by: Ankita Singh The brain is a computer with hardware, which comes in the form of cells communicating through electrical signals, and software, which includes the complex thoughts and actions arising from these electrical signals. Like a computer, the brain stores all the information that is required for the proper functioning of an organism. Thus, […]
More than Water Vapor: A Method to Quantify the Products of E-Cigarette Vaping
by: Sasha Narain A study conducted by the CDC, surveying high school students between the years 2011 and 2015, reported a 6.5 percent decrease in cigarette smoking. According to TobaccoFreeKids.org, this decrease reflects an overall trend in cigarette smoking amongst teens since the late 1990s. In contrast, in 2015 16 percent of high school students […]