Going, Going, Gone – A Prominent Pathway in Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a disease that is infamous to many. The devastating effect it can have one an individual and those around them along with the ...
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Zn2+ Deficiency Can Potentially Cause Autism
Zn2+ involves in many biochemical reactions in our body by modifying or being a part the enzyme protein. In addition, Zn2+ modulates the complex ProSAP/Shank in...
Nature Versus Nurture: Environmental Factors in Autism
The cause of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been a question asked for years. Many have speculated yet the definite cause has yet to be articulated. Genes ha...
Autism or Superhero?
Today, we live in a society purely built on profit. Life flies by at a million miles an hour all because businesses need to be more efficient, profits need to b...
Autism: Factors Understood, Cause Not Yet Ascertained
Starting a family is a wonderful adventure for many couples. Everything is expected to go smoothly, and more often than not it does, with the exception of a few...
Pregnancy and Autism: Can I Prevent My Child From Developing Autism?
Why the panic? Autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are becoming more prevalent as the years continue to pass, with about 1 in 68 children diagnosed with ...
Genetic & Environmental Factors in Autism
The causes of ASD are a hot topic in both scientific research and the media in recent years. As scientists are investigating just the top of the pile of possibl...
The Anxious Mind
Where am I going in life? Why did I just say that? Oh my gosh I’m going to fail this class because I did bad on one test. These are all thoughts caused by...
Battle of Relapsing in Drug Addiction
Majority of the drug abusers experience relapse. They come in and out many times in the drug rehabilitation. This leads us to question why they keep falling in ...
Dopamine: The Brain’s Pleasure Drug
When we think of drugs, we often think of the adverse effects that can be observed from the outside. Yellow teeth, saggy skin, hair loss are all common signs th...