The topic I settled on is herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1). Based on the literature I’ve compiled thus far, I’ll be organizing it into the…
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For my Capstone Assignment, I have chosen to study exercise-induced asthma. I have suffered from this condition for many years, and as someone who likes…
For this reflection blog, I decided to focus on enamel fluorosis. Like I mentioned in my previous post, enamel fluorosis, or mottled teeth, is caused…
The role of gut microbiota in relation to the human body has grown in importance due to its implication with many diseases that are prevalent in the…
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder that has puzzled physicians and scientists for decades. Throughout the years, copious amounts of research has been performed in an…
Cell survival is contingent upon signals from the extracellular matrix (ECM) and the loss of this signals typically causes cell death, or apoptosis. The ability…
Cancer cells continue to trick mammalians and seek immortality. Although, cancer cells tend to use glucose during aerobic glycolysis to provide the building blocks, the…
Lipids have long been known to play key roles in maintaining the plasma membrane’s structure and functionality in mammalian cells. Studying the distribution of these lipids,…
Similarly to when I explored the meaning of biochemistry, when researching diseases in biochemistry I came across a very wide range of disease types that…
The Mevalonate Pathway is one of the ways that the human body synthesizes its own cholesterol. Those who suffer from high cholesterol are typically…
