Figure 1: Shows a model for decision making in a social context. Inhibitory spillovers could help facilitate impulse controls thereby resulting in less self-control conflicts Source: Wikimedia Commons Choices are an integral part of our lives. According to researchers at Cornell University, we make just above 220 choices when eating, that is, between the start …
Figure 1: Two of the four Caulobacter crescentus cells are motile with visible flagella, and the other two are sessile with stalks in contact with each other. C. crescentus was the model organism in Mathis and Ackermann’s experiment Source: Wikimedia Commons Bacteria often live in environments with changing resource availability, competition, and stressors. There are …
Figure 1: While healthcare inequity is certainly an issue while prisoners are imprisoned, there are added concerns regarding the health conditions that develop or are exacerbated following their release Source: Pixabay For those incarcerated, the prison healthcare system severely impacts their quality of life and lifespan. Several studies have linked incarceration to poor health conditions, …
Figure 1: Use of e-cigarette devices, like the one in the image above, is on the rise both in the US and globally Source: Wikimedia Commons Over the past several years, there has been a slow decrease in the number of cigarette smokers around the world. However, the number of vapers – people who use …
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Figure 1: Guards in prisons are able to put prisoners in shackles whenever they see fit – for pregnant women giving birth, shackling can result in severe complications Source: Wikimedia Commons Pregnancy can come with several complications for the mother, including high blood pressure, gestational diabetes, and preeclampsia (“common complications of pregnancy,” n.d.). In addition, …
Figure 1: The image on the left displays a standard N-nucleoside, one of the naturally occurring building blocks of RNA. The image on the right depicts the far more biochemically useful C-nucleoside. Since the C-nucleoside is so desirable, scientists have been researching ways to synthesize these molecules efficiently Source: Wikimedia Commons The COVID-19 pandemic has …
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Figure 1: Extracellular deposits of amyloid-beta proteins as seen in Alzheimer’s Disease patients Source: Wikimedia Commons As of June 2020, Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) was the sixth most common cause of death in the United States, as well as the leading cause for the onset of dementia. Largely due to continuously increasing life expectancies, it is …
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Figure 1: This depicts the ‘undifferentiated’ nature of pluripotent stem cells Source: Wikimedia Commons Stem cell therapy has emerged as a potential treatment for Type 1 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injuries, and a wide range of other illnesses. It is at the forefront of regenerative medicine – an arm of clinical practice that seeks …
Figure 1: A Japanese maple in autumn Source: Pixabay Autumn is the season when life goes to rest. Nights lengthen and days grow cold. Vegetables bolt, dispersing seeds by wind and fruit. Leaves blush red, orange, and pink before piling in a brown heap. As climate change leads to increased global temperatures, and elevated CO2 …
Figure 1: A fluorescent microscopic image of the localization of the protein C16orf71 to areas in cells called ‘nuclear speckles,’ colored green in this picture. Nuclear speckles are responsible for storing RNA splicing factors in cell nuclei, and proteins like SRRM2 and SON are responsible for creating the structure of these speckles Source: Wikimedia Commons …
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