Author: Andrew Rice The described article can be found here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00092 Recently in this course, we discussed the important of both cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) and cystathionine…

Author: Andrew Rice After diving into the literature of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), I have begun to understand this debilitating disease. The sources I have…

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…

Author: Andrew Rice To treat disease, we must first have a grasp of the disease’s pathology and mechanism of action. A general understanding of the…

Author: Andrew Rice             Fatty acid beta-oxidation (FAO) is an instrumental process in metabolism. This process begins by transportation of the fatty acyl-CoA molecules into…

Author: Brendan Trafford For my upcoming project I will focus on MRSA and other antibiotic resistant forms of Staphylococcus aureus. I chose this class of…

Author: Brendan Trafford Introduction: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the deadlier cancers in the world today, with a 5-year survival rate of 57% worldwide[1].…

Author: Brendan Trafford Diseases to investigate   Leprosy is an infection caused by bacterium Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Although it remains in the body…

Author: Brendan Trafford Fatty Acid oxidation is crucial for many pathways and functions in the human body. The product of fatty acid oxidation, Acetyl-CoA, plays…