If Grandma has Alzheimer’s will I get it? The Genetics of Alzheimer’s.
Alzheimer’s disease affects millions of people across the country, including loved ones of those who suffer from the condition. Imagine how it would feel to vi...
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Alzheimer's: Lost in the Night of Thought
Alzheimer’s: Lost in the Night of Thought It is a cold winter’s night. The dark of the eve has set in over the snow-encrusted ground. Bursts of bone-chil...
Blazing New Trails: Discovering the Effects of THC on the Body
Marijuana has historically been a favorite villain in anti-drug campaigns across the United States. It has been given the status as a Schedule I drug, meaning t...
Don’t ask what you can do for your cannabis, ask what your cannabis can do for you!
Cannabinoids and marijuana in particular have been the topic of many political debates and policy in the past decade. The use of marijuana both recreationally ...
Cannabis: Reaching a New “High”
Cannabis: Reaching a New “High” We humans have a close relationship with the kingdom of plants. Produce graces our table each night at dinner with a corn...
ALS: Caring on Ice
Why should people care about ALS. It is a disease that affects a relatively small amount of the world population. People should care because it is a brutal dise...
I Challenge You to Learn About ALS and the Ice Buket Challenge
The neurodegenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has been the center of YouTube videos and Facebook feeds for the past few months. It has bee...
CTE to ALS, a Deadly Path
ALS, the current neurological disease du jour, has been thrust into the minds of Americans via the now-infamous “Ice Bucket Challenge”. While the cause of this ...
A-L-S: Can it E-N-D?
ALS is a race. But not a normal race, not even close. This race does not have a definitive starting point, and you can be certain that the finish line is not cl...
Capping off Neurochem
Honestly, I mainly took neurochemistry because I had to for my minor. I’ve never been all that into chemistry, and my expectations were about at the level of “t...