What I’m Taking With Me
Looking Back It’s wild how quickly time passes when you’re not paying attention. One moment, you’re trying to find your first college classroom, hoping yo...
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Cracking the Code of a Killer: How Glioblastoma Hijacks Cellular Communication
In a quiet neuroscience lab lit by the blue glow of bioinformatics screens, a group of researchers stared at a common enemy—one that doesn’t knock, doesn&...
Glio-not a blast-toma
The article we have covered in a previous week, “Understanding and exploiting cell signaling convergence nodes and pathway cross-talk in malignant brain cancer”...
Inside the Tumor: The Complex Biology of Glioblastoma
INSIDE THE TUMOR: THE COMPLEX BIOLOGY OF GLIOBLASTOMA Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain cancer that stems from glial cells, these ce...
Untangling the Deadliest Brain Tumor: Why We Must Care About Glioblastoma Research
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the deadliest form of brain cancer, and despite decades of effort, survival rates have barely improved. While we’ve learned a lot ab...
Final Reflection: My Capstone Experience
Every ending is also a beginning — and as I close this chapter at Concordia, I find myself reflecting on how this journey has shaped who I am and how I see the ...
Unlocking the Secrets of Cannabis: The Endocannabinoid System and the Future of Medicine
Cannabis has captivated human attention for centuries, from ancient herbal remedies to its modern role as a controversial therapy. But beyond the cultural conve...
Unraveling Glioblastoma: The Relentless Brain Cancer That Outsmarts Treatment
A Killer Hidden in the Brain Glioblastoma (GBM) doesn’t knock—it crashes in. It’s the most aggressive form of brain cancer known to modern medicine. Often...
The Silent Fire: How the Brain’s Inflammation Fuels Metabolic Syndrome—and How Fasting Might Fight Back
It starts quietly. You might notice your pants fitting tighter, or maybe you feel tired even after a full night’s sleep. Your doctor says your blood pressure’s ...
How cAMP Might Help Fight Glioblastoma
In their 2019 paper, Fung et al. explore cellular signaling in malignant brain cancers, especially glioblastoma (GBM), one of the deadliest forms of brain cance...