Written by: Ashley Koca Antibiotic resistance has become a plague of its own, affecting millions and killing thousands. Thomas Jefferson University scientists have developed a new way to combat such detriment, utilizing m1 G37-tRNA methylation to cease the production of bacterial membrane-building proteins. The root
Written by Erin Yoo America’s favorite insect is going extinct. Small but significant, fireflies are cherished throughout America and the Western hemisphere. There’s a reason that movies, characters, companies, and conventions are named and branded after fireflies instead of other insects, such as cockroaches. The
Written by JuWon Park Hypoglycemia, a condition caused by low blood glucose levels, is usually an indicator of other health problems. The most common cause of this condition is as a side effect of diabetes treatment (“Hypoglycemia,” n.d.). Blood sugar levels can be tested with
WRITTEN BY HITESHI PATEL Through evolutionary processes, tumor cells have developed many mechanisms that aid in evading the detection of the immune system. For instance, tumors can downregulate the number of antigens (a harmful toxin) it produces as well as create an immunosuppressive microenvironment with
Written By: Ashley Koca It’s been nearly a year since news outlets were flooded with stories about “partly-alive,” or even “zombie,” pig brains revived post-mortem. April 17, 2019, Yale scientists shook the world with their “Restoration of brain circulation and cellular functions hours post-mortem,” revealing
Written By: Ashley Koca For women ailed with mtDNA disease, motherhood may seem out of the question. Though, as of 2017, no longer are energy deficiencies issues as Dr. Valery Zukin of the Nadiya Clinic in Ukraine, along with John Zhang of the New Hope
WRITTEN BY HITESHI PATEL At present, around 85% of children with congenital heart disease reach adulthood thanks to various drugs, surgeries, and heart transplants. Depending on the case, however, overcoming the disease itself is not the hardest part of the process. It is extremely likely
Written By Ashley Koca The biological sciences are advancing beyond what has been defined by nature: from cellular functions now reproduced outside the cell to the use of “BioBricks” to construct DIY lifeforms, synthetic biology is the future of the life sciences. Synthetic biology is
Written by Gloria Wang Robots are often depicted as futuristic, rigid machines made out of steel or other rigid materials. However, recent technology has introduced a new type of robots that can more safely interact with humans: soft microbots. Soft microbots are small, micrometer-scale robots
WRITTEN BY: ASHLEY KOCA The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, is an organization out of the United States Department of Defense whose primary purpose is to progress the development of military technologies, first inspired and motivated by the Soviet threat “Sputnik.” Within this agency