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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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Aug 10, 20212 min read
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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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Aug 5, 20213 min read
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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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Jul 27, 20211 min read
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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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Jul 19, 20213 min read
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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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Jul 17, 20213 min read
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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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Jul 15, 20213 min read
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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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May 19, 20213 min read
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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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Apr 8, 20213 min read
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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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Mar 26, 20212 min read
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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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Feb 19, 20212 min read
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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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Jan 3, 20212 min read
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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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Dec 9, 20202 min read
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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...
Avani Ghate
Nov 5, 20202 min read
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Psychological Trauma
Psychological trauma defines the distress experienced by the psyche after any traumatic event. What defines these traumatic events?...
Avani Ghate
Oct 26, 20202 min read
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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...
Avani Ghate
Sep 27, 20201 min read
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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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Sep 7, 20202 min read
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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...
Avani Ghate
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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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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Aug 15, 20202 min read
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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...
Avani Ghate
Aug 9, 20202 min read
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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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Aug 8, 20202 min read
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