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Unveiling the True Potential of Telomeres in Cellular Health

WEBUnveiling the True Potential of Telomeres in Cellular Health. April 21, 2024 by Jared Lynch. Telomeres have long been known as repetitive DNA elements …

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The Public Health Crisis of Counterfeit Drugs

WEBThe illegal manufacturing of counterfeit drugs has become one of the most pressing public health issues worldwide. According to the Lancet, many African health …

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Smoke Signals: The Unexpected Long Term Effects of Smoking on …

WEBIf you do something that is considered bad for you, it makes sense that you would get sick more easily. However, more surprisingly, they also found that smoking …

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The Contraceptive Brain Drain: How Birth Control Alters Women’s …

WEBOverall, they found that women taking hormonal birth control had smaller areas of gray matter, or areas of the brain that have a high concentration of the cell …

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The Battle of the Medications: The Connection Between …

WEBThe consumption of antidepressant medications has skyrocketed in recent decades, reaching more than 337 million prescriptions written in 2016 in the United …

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Tobacco and the Environment in China

WEBFifty years ago, the United States Surgeon General, Luther Terry, linked tobacco use to adverse health effects for the first time. To commemorate the anniversary, researchers …

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Biomimicry Within Bowdoin: The Ongoing Development of Peptoids

WEBBiomimicry Within Bowdoin: The Ongoing Development of Peptoids. April 4, 2023 by Anika Sen. To solve complex human health issues, scientists have more recently turned to …

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The Bones of a Nation: Understanding Health and Society in China

WEBI will never forget the feeling of anxiety that filled the waiting room of the hospital in Kunming, China. I remember the air smelling thick with cramped breath, …

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Look to What You Know: Making Environmental Change Using …

WEBRECENT POSTS. Smoke Signals: The Unexpected Long Term Effects of Smoking on the Immune System April 30, 2024; Atlantic on the Brink: Climate Change …

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The Legal Battle Over GMOs

WEBPhoto courtesy of CT Senate Democrats. Walking into a grocery store, a consumer can learn just about any nutritional fact her heart desires– from percent daily …

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It’s in the Cards: A Dive into Tarot Card Psychology, Interpretation

WEBIt’s in the Cards: A Dive into Tarot Card Psychology, Interpretation and Therapeutic Applications. April 21, 2024 by Gabe O'Brien '26. With a long history dating …

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Death By a Thousand Emails: How Administrative Bloat is Killing

WEBThe American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) found that, across the entire higher education landscape, spending on administration per student increased by …

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Ending the Biomedical Harvest: Synthetic Alternatives to …

WEBRECENT POSTS. Pollinator-mediated viral infections in stoned fruits; are the bees to blame? December 10, 2023; ProCAR-T Cells: An Innovative Treatment for Solid …

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Unpacking the Ethical Implications of Human Germline Editing

WEBUnpacking the Ethical Implications of Human Germline Editing. December 3, 2023 by Kennedy Kirkland. On December 30th, 2019, biophysicist Dr. He Jiankui was …

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Diagnosing Culture Before Treating Disease: Challenges in Fighting

WEBAs the Ebola epidemic becomes more widespread and deadly in West Africa, some of the flaws in the current containment strategies are more evident.

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ChatGPT Beats Humans in Emotional Awareness Test: What’s Next

WEBIn recent times, it can seem like everything revolves around artificial intelligence (AI). From AI-powered robots performing surgery to facial recognition on …

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Targeting the MYC Proto-Oncogene, BHLH Transcription Factor …

WEBAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2020, cancer was responsible for the deaths of almost ten million people worldwide. Such statistics place cancer as a leading …

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Quiet Quiz: Are You an Introvert or an Extrovert

WEBThe more often you answered True, the more introverted you are. This is an informal quiz, not a scientifically validated personality test. The questions were formulated based on …

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