MAPK: A Mechanism of Cancer
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, ...
Tag: neuroscience
Discovering Ambrosia
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...
The Path to Cell Destruction
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...
How far down does the PD rabbit hole go?
Most people know what Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is and for those that don’t know, the blogs below that were written by my fellow students all give a ...
Where does Lou Gehrig's Disease come from?
This week we explored the pathways leading to neuron cell death which can lead to various diseases including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and Amyot...
Lou Gehrig's Disease: Causes and Treatment
“Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.R...
Understanding Opioids and Their Importance
This week’s topic deals with Opioid addiction. Opioids are a drug class which includes morphine, hydromorphone, hydrocodone and codeine. Opioids have been used ...
Why Age?
Michelangelo’s Statue of David is about 506 years old. The statue is in excellent shape despite its significant age and now stands in the Galleria dell’Accadem...
What's breaking down the brain?
What we know and want to know about aging are the questions my peers and I have pondered over for ages. This passed weeks topic about the aging brain and Alzhei...
How Old do We Want to Be?
This week’s topic concerns topics concerning insulin and Alzheimer’s disease deals largely with aging. Alzheimer’s is not alone with a strong correlation betwee...