Got milk? It’s not just your bones that will thank you! Go to Source For decades now, parents have been telling their children the importance of…
Month: April 2017
The first portion of the unit we are currently studying revolved around the metabolism of nucleic acids. The nucleobases that serve as the building blocks…
Proteases are enzymes that act to cleave proteins. Among them are a group of proteases called cathepsins that were first identified in the lysosome, but…
The environmental factors are constantly fluctuating. Therefore, in order for the trees to survive, they have to use their own pathway in acclimating to the…
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is a condition in which a person develops a curve in their spinal column that is greater than ten degrees. Most…
In terms of diseases, ones that cause epidemics and pandemics often take the spotlight due to their ability to cause widespread panic. Cholera, from the Vibrio…
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, which is an umbrella term used to describe a set of neurodegenerative diseases that affect memory and…
Many viruses have the ability to infect humans through blood contact and cause different types of diseases. One of these viruses, is the hepatitis C…
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disease characterized by the experience of positive and negative symptoms. Positive symptoms refer to those such as delusions (firm beliefs that…
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease in which antibodies destroy thyroid tissue and cause hypothyroidism (a low amount of thyroid hormone). The thyroid is a…
