2021

Your Personality Might Say Less About Your Brain, And More About Your Microbiome

Your Personality Might Say Less About Your Brain, And More About Your Microbiome

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Figure 1: A scanning electron micrograph of Enterococcus faecalis, a bacterium that commonly resides in the human intestinal tract Source: Wikimedia Commons Over the last decade, gut-brain psychology has drawn much attention to the instrumental role of the gut microbiome in regulating brain development and function, including behavior and cognition (Liang et al., 2018). To better …

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THE UBIQUITY OF THE FIBONACCI NUMBERS.

The Ubiquity of the Fibonacci Numbers

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Figure 1: The Fibonacci Spiral. A shape that is derivative of a special property of the Fibonacci Sequence, the Golden Ratio. The Fibonacci Spiral has a growth factor that is equivalent to the value of the Golden Ratio. Source: Pixabay Introduction Throughout history, human beings have engrossed themselves with the unabating search for patterns in …

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Innovation Beyond All Barriers: The Arrival of a Life-Saving Treatment

Innovation Beyond All Barriers: The Arrival of a Life-Saving Treatment

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Figure 1:Magnetic resonance image (MRI) – coronal slice of a 4-year-old child with brain cancer. Current treatment options include standard chemotherapy, with radiation but novel nanotherapy may improve survival rates. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) As the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer in U.S. adults, with around 14,000 …

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A New Hybrid Method for Sequencing the Melanoma Genome

A New Hybrid Method for Sequencing the Melanoma Genome

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Figure 1: Cell culture in a Petri dish Source: Wikimedia Commons Melanomas are one of the rarest but most deadly skin cancers. Just like other cancers, earlier detection often results in better prognosis due to early intervention measures like chemotherapy. Unlike other cancers, however, early detection of melanomas is often a challenge due to technical …

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There’s NO Telling What Nitric Oxide Might Bring to Alzheimer’s Disease Research

There’s NO Telling What Nitric Oxide Might Bring to Alzheimer’s Disease Research

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Figure 1: As Alzheimer’s disease research begins to shift away from longstanding hypotheses, new avenues for diagnosis and treatment are emerging—a number of which converge on the endogenous signaling molecule nitric oxide Source: Image Created by Audrey Herrald, 2020 Ever since Alois Alzheimer first identified the “peculiar severe disease process of the cerebral cortex” that …

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