Research How Targeting Neurodevelopmental Defects Helped Scientists Delay Huntington’s Disease Onset in Mice Neurodegenerative diseases are conditions that cause progressive damage to the nervous system, including the brain…Laila KhorasaniDecember 23, 2022
Research How a Cell’s Birthday Can Determine It’s Fate Several lines of thought incorporate the importance of birth dates or birth months in determining…Laila KhorasaniNovember 1, 2022
Research Transcriptional regulation of nociception: How RNA impacts pain The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that chronic pain impacts one out of…Laila KhorasaniOctober 1, 2022
Research Acute COVID-19 Can Increase Risk for Heart Disease COVID-19 has proven itself as a major burden on healthcare systems around the world. In…Laila KhorasaniMay 30, 2022
Research Can Fat Be Used to Fight HIV? The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been long considered a challenge to treat in the medical community.…Laila KhorasaniMarch 25, 2022
Research Animals in Research: How Mice and Flies can Benefit and Provide Insight into our Understanding of Biology Have you ever wondered why scientists used mice to study the efficacy of preliminary COVID-19…Laila KhorasaniMarch 25, 2022
Research Synthetic Organs? New Developments in Organoids for Cancer Research Using populations of cells from specific lineages (cell lines) has been a common practice in…Laila KhorasaniFebruary 25, 2022
Research How Microgravity Affects Humans: The Future of Space Travel and Cancer Research Ever since Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin first landed on the moon in 1969, the…Laila KhorasaniNovember 25, 2021
Research A Cure for Alzheimer’s? How Aducanumab (Aduhelm) Targets Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a debilitating, progressive neurodegenerative disorder that impacts over 6 million people…Laila KhorasaniOctober 25, 2021
Research Human-Monkey Chimeras: Concepts From Ancient Times to Modern Times Greek mythology describes the chimera as a terrifying creature, with the head of a lion,…Laila KhorasaniJuly 21, 2021
Research Changes in Gene Activity in the Post-Mortem Brain What happens after death has been a mystery throughout all of human history. The brain…Laila KhorasaniJune 28, 2021
Research Ending Epilepsy: New Findings Can Potentially Stop Seizures Before They Start Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological condition in the world, and it is characterized…Laila KhorasaniMay 16, 2021
Research Deep Brain Stimulation: What is it and How is it Changing Medicine? The inner workings of the human body remain a mystery to scientists in many ways,…Laila KhorasaniMay 1, 2021
Research The Role of Chromosomal Instability in Cancer Cell Survival Over thousands of years, the human body has developed complicated processes to isolate and eliminate…Laila KhorasaniApril 10, 2021
Research COVID-19 and the Brain: Can COVID-19 Alter Neurological Function? The COVID-19 pandemic has infiltrated almost every country on Earth, causing millions of deaths globally.…Laila KhorasaniFebruary 9, 2021
Research Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Antibiotic Discovery? Bacterial infections (such as salmonella or tuberculosis) are caused when a harmful bacteria infects an…Laila KhorasaniJanuary 7, 2021
FeaturedResearch The 2019 Novel Coronavirus: The Science Behind New Diagnostics and Treatment After months of “breaking news”, new information about the SARS-CoV-2 can be hard to digest.…Laila KhorasaniJune 27, 2020
Research The Novel Coronavirus: Where Does it Come From? The ramifications of the emerging coronavirus epidemic have been felt all across the world. While…Laila KhorasaniMay 11, 2020
Research Evidence for Brain Circuitry Reveals New Insights into Impulsive Binge Eating Behaviors Everyone will, at some point in their lives, engage in an action others may consider…Laila KhorasaniMarch 30, 2020
Public Health Barriers to Obtaining Treatment Options for Patients with Opioid Dependence The road to recovery is filled with struggle, perseverance, and pain for opioid addicts. These…Laila KhorasaniMarch 26, 2020