Author: Suzi Birnbaum Hello and welcome to my biochemistry blog for the course BCM441. You may be wondering what exactly we learn in advanced, undergraduate,…
Category: BCM441
Author: Endonita Hajzeraj It is almost impossible to find someone that hasn’t heard about or been affected by coronary artery disease (CAD). After all, coronary…
Author: Brittany Shimanski Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is an extremely rare disease, associated with premature aging. It only affects 1 per 4-8 million live births…
Author: Lily Thompson Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a neurodegenerative disease affecting over 1 million in the United States alone. Although typically diagnosed in…
Author: Andrew Rice FOP can often be identified at birth, and this diagnosis is often made through your big toes. The big toes of a…
Author: Will Bowman Tourette’s Syndrome is a neurobiological disorder that affects nearly 1 out of 160 children from 5-17 in the US alone. Neurobiological disorders…
Author: Brandon Copping In recent decades childhood psychiatric disorders, such as ADHD and autism, have become increasingly prevalent topics in terms of pediatric research and…
Author: Lily Thompson Figure 1. Difference in expression of proinflammatory mediators between male and female derived neutrophils. Although difference in COX-1 expression is insignificant, COX-2…
Author: Brandon Eden Arthritis is a very common condition characterized by joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and decreased range of motion. Osteoarthritis is the most common…
Author: Brittany Shimanski Visit the full literature paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-21060-2.pdf As we have learned for essentially our entire college experience, chromatin is regulated by post-translational modifications…