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Aug 10, 20212 min read
Making CRISP(R) Edits
By Catherine Qiu Introducing CRISPR Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR), named after how its genes appear in...
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initiativeerudite
Aug 5, 20213 min read
Heart Attacks
By Sanam Marjan What is a heart attack? A heart attack, also known as myocardial infarction, occurs when the heart muscle does not...
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initiativeerudite
Jul 27, 20211 min read
Plastic Surgery and Psychology
By Sanam Marjan Origin of plastic surgery: Facial reconstruction surgery dates back to 800 BC. In India, Sushruta (also known as the...
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initiativeerudite
Jul 19, 20213 min read
What is Cholesterol?
By Ella Kang Cholesterol is a waxy type of fat or lipid-like substance which moves throughout the body blood. Chemically, it is an...
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initiativeerudite
Jul 17, 20213 min read
Different COVID Tests
By Anoushka Ghosh COVID-19 is unmistakably one of the deadliest viruses that have plagued the world. In fear, we are all shoved into the...
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initiativeerudite
Jul 15, 20213 min read
Fun Facts About the Human Body
By Ella Kang Let’s take a look at how amazing - and a little freaky - our bodies are! Messages from the human brain move at speeds of up...
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initiativeerudite
May 19, 20213 min read
All About Human Cloning
By Ella Kang How would you feel about cloning yourself? Taking the nucleus of your cell, putting it into an egg, and then developing a...
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initiativeerudite
Apr 8, 20213 min read
4 Types of Membrane Transport
By Ella Kang Cells are the basic units of all organisms, everything is made up of cells. The movement of different cell particles across...
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initiativeerudite
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Molecular Biology
By Ella Kang Molecular Biology refers to the branch of biology that studies the molecular basis of all biological activities. Because...
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initiativeerudite
Feb 19, 20212 min read
Post-COVID Syndrome
By Lucine Avanesian COVID-19 can lead to serious diseases that can take weeks to overcome. But some patients have symptoms that persist...
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initiativeerudite
Jan 3, 20212 min read
Eye Strain
By Charlotte Lew The switch from in-person to online learning this year has caused tremendous mental stress on both the students and the...
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initiativeerudite
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Listening to Music and Studying
By Charlotte Lew People listen to music 24/7. No matter if it’s from the radio or our own playlists, music fills up the emptiness in our...
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Avani Ghate
Nov 5, 20202 min read
Procrastination
Ah, procrastination. Both a curse and a blessing. There’s no running away from the fact that we all procrastinate. It’s satisfying to put...
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Avani Ghate
Oct 26, 20202 min read
Psychological Trauma
Psychological trauma defines the distress experienced by the psyche after any traumatic event. What defines these traumatic events?...
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Avani Ghate
Sep 27, 20201 min read
Can HIV Cause Cancer?
The title sounds a bit nonsensical. It might make sense that a virus that causes a suppressed immune system would allow opportunistic...
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initiativeerudite
Sep 7, 20202 min read
Immunotherapy
By Rizak Makkar Immunotherapy is using your body's own immune system to fight cancer. There are couple of different ways to do it, one,...
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Avani Ghate
Aug 27, 20201 min read
Finding a Virus Receptor
Virology is an obscure and perplexing subject at first. However, once you start putting things in perspective, the pieces start coming...
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rishachaurasia07
Aug 15, 20202 min read
Downside of Denim
When in doubt, wear denim! I am sure all of us have heard this quite at least once. Denim... one of the most worn and sought after...
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Avani Ghate
Aug 9, 20202 min read
The Cell Cycle: Interphase
The cell cycle is crucial for life. Without it, we would just be a single cell with no function or purpose! 10% of this cycle is a...
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initiativeerudite
Aug 8, 20202 min read
Language Learning Enhancement
By Anthony Han Everyone’s wanted to learn a new language at some point. Apps like Duolingo and foreign language classes in school are...
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