Opioid Withdrawal. . . Not a Fun Process.
This week, our class focused on an article that discussed the role of glutamate (an important neurotransmitter) in drug addiction. It emphasized opioid addictio...
This week, our class focused on an article that discussed the role of glutamate (an important neurotransmitter) in drug addiction. It emphasized opioid addictio...
Cancer. That one word strikes fear into the hearts of Americans. Our own bodies grow uncontrollably, destroying us. People everywhere have been affected by it, ...
Extending one’s life has fascinated people for centuries. Eternal life appears consistently in mythology and religion: as ambrosia, a gift from the gods o...
This week’s assignment is to explain why the public should care. Specifically, why they should care about the article we read which covers Alzheimer’...
This week my classmates and I dissected an article pertaining to the MAPK signaling cascade and its role in neurodegenerative diseases. Diseases such as Parkins...
Did you know that Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease share the same causal cellular pathway? This pathway is the MAPK pathway which is involved in cell...
I’m sure many of you have at least heard of AMC’s hit show Breaking Bad. The show follows the story of Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who was dia...
For years, doctors and other health professionals have been telling us that too much stress can kill us. Well, it’s true. Increasing research is showing that st...
This week’s article emphasized the role of a particular pathway of kinases – the MAPK pathway– that often leads to cell death in various well-known diseases inc...
Medical advances have allowed both an extended human life span and an improved quality of life. There is a downfall however, the longer we live the more likely ...