There are 25,000 cases of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis worldwide every year. This is a huge number of carriers to a disease that can only be cured with a high-potency dose of virulent antibiotics, and often is not cured because of the high cost of the particular drug that will kill it. And this is a [...]
This article was about how stem cells were used from a woman’s ovaries to create embryos. I chose to read this article because I have always thought that women were born with all the eggs they will have in their lifetime. Now there is evidence that is not true. This could lead to helping women [...]
In this recent article, studies show that naked mole rats have unique brain cells that enable them to survive in oxygen-deprived conditions.Not only that, they have evolved to become resistant to pain and even cancer! Their tolerance to oxygen deprivation are similar to human newborns, in which brain cells have Ca channels that closes during [...]
Researchers in Bangladesh did a study and discovered that vaccinations for influenza and pneumonia considerably helps the baby’s weight. For this study they vaccinated 340 pregnant woman, 170 with the influenza vaccination and the other 170 with the pneumonia vaccination. They did this in the period of time when the virus was circulating and again [...]
One article shows that a boyfriend/girlfriend’s friends actually influence their partner more. The partner’s friend usually have a completely different behavior than the other person’s friends. Teens usually want to be like their boyrfriend/girlfriend’s friends so that they can have a better relationship. The article talks about how this can influence a teen’s alcohol consumption. [...]
In this recent article, what I read was shocking! According to researchers, they realized that doses of polystyrene nano particles, which is commonly found in food additives and vitamins, affected how well chickens absorbed iron into their cells. They used chickens for their study because they absorb iron similar to humans and are also sensitive [...]
In this article I read they talked about an operation that was done on a man from Vietnam. Nguyen Duy Hai had been immobile before they removed his 200 lb tumor. The tumor was first discovered when he was four years old. He had surgery for it then and lost his leg, which other doctors [...]
In this article I read about how an 83 year old woman received a lower jaw bone transplant, and that the transplant was made by a 3D. I chose to read this article because it was about a jaw bone that was created by a 3D printer. The thought of having a body part that [...]
Why would eliminating cursive writing be a downside in our society? An article from the Inform Science Network website talks about how cursive handwriting plays a “crucial role in the learning process,” as it is said in the article. Research on the brain provides us the details we need to learn about how our brain [...]
In this article I read that there is research being done on interpreting brain waves and turning them into words. The patients would be thinking of a word then the computer rebuilds the words into sound. I chose to read this article because this kind of technology could really help people who are speech impaired [...]
