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Month: February 2018

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Differences in commensal microbiome influence how we respond to cancer treatment

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Lily Thompson

Author: Lily Thompson   Fig 1A. Comparison of the 62 OTUs with varying abundance in responders (R) and nonresponders (NR). Red corresponds to a higher…

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Connections in the Microbiome.

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Calvin Inners

Author: Calvin Inners This figure is taken from the Castaño-Rodríguez et al. paper. In part C, it shows the connection between different bacteria present in…

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Metabolic Enzyme Regulates Histone Acetylation and Spatial Memory

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Brittany Shimanski

Author: Brittany Shimanski https://www.nature.com/articles/nature22405.pdf Epigenetic modifications have been identified in cognitive processing, specifically in learning and memory. Lack of histone acetylation has been implicated in…

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Breaking Down β-Amyloid Protein: Removal of BACE1 in a Mouse Model

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Andrew Rice

Author: Andrew Rice The paper described below can be found here: http://jem.rupress.org/content/early/2018/02/13/jem.20171831 Within the last week, Hu et. al. published a paper in the Journal…

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Cocaine affects more than just neurons. Studying the effects of cocaine use in PC12 cells

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Endonita Hajzeraj

Author: Endonita Hajzeraj “Identification of biochemical and cytotoxic markers in cocaine treated PC12 cells” Cocaine is a powerful drug that causes addiction and many deaths…

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Omega-3 Docosahexaenoic Fatty Acid Kills Breast Cancer Cells: Unraveling the Complex Pathway that Triggers Cancer Apoptosis Induced by N-3 DHA PolyUnsaturated Fatty Acid

Posted on February 12, 2018 by John Hanna

Author: John Hanna Scheme summarizing the DHA induction of OSGIN1-mediated the onset of apoptosis via the up-regulation of PI3K/Akt/Nrf2 signaling pathway in breast cancer cells…

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Brainstorming Post

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Suzi Birnbaum

Author: Suzi Birnbaum For the culminating project that is this blog, this post will be a short aside in the brainstorming process behind three possible…

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Reflection Blog 2

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Calvin Inners

Author: Calvin Inners The human body is just like any incredible complex machine. There are many extraordinary things that we can accomplish. Unfortunately, since our…

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Reflection Blog 2

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Will Bowman

Author: Will Bowman Diseases to investigate: Myositis Alzheimers Disease Aortic Stenosis Go to Source Click the link above to make comments on the author’s site…

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Ideas For Project

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Brandon Copping

Author: Brandon Copping Initially my thoughts were to look into either Parkinson’s, Tourette’s, or mad cow disease. However, upon further thought I have settled in…

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