As the world has gained more insight into the disastrous effects lead can have on the human body, a large push has been made towards water quality testing. Perhaps most importantly, its links to neurological impairment have shed light on the importance of ensuring safe drinking water for all. Although it is well-known that lead Read the full article…
In 2011, a biologist named Madeline Lancaster was working on growing 2D neural rosettes. Neural rosettes are columnar cells that form a radial structure and express proteins that are also expressed in neuroepithelial cells of a neural tube (Wilson & Stice, 2006). In an interesting turn of events, the cells instead started growing into a Read the full article…
The human microbiome is perhaps one of the most subtle and unfamiliar aspects of modern medicine. Though some bacteria have been shown to be beneficial to human health, not much is known about microbiome-host interactions. It remains a keen topic of research. Numbering in 100 trillion cells, the human microbiome is comprised of 10 times Read the full article…