By Stephanie Baringer Photo Credit: Picpedia Are you curious about how different areas of science are handling the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders? We are trained that science never stops, but what happens when it does? Below are mini-interviews with researchers in four different areas of the scientific field: industry, government, medical affairs, and academia … Continue reading When the Science Stops: A Series of Interviews
The Art of Mastering Your Breaks
Photo Credit: OpenClipart By Indira Purushothaman Taking breaks in grad school often makes you feel like you’re falling behind. We give more attention to the life span and battery percentage of our devices than to ourselves. Taking breaks helps you recharge. Recent studies show that the average American works approximately 9.2 hours a day, often … Continue reading The Art of Mastering Your Breaks
The First Use of CRISPR to Treat a Genetic Disease in a Live Patient
By Ryan Hylton Basic concept of the CRISPR-Cas9 system. Photo Credit: Vox/Javier Zarracina At least 6,000 human diseases are caused by heritable genetic mutations1. A long-time dream of physicians and patients alike has been to specifically treat these diseases by manipulating the genetic code in affected patients. This dream became one step closer to reality … Continue reading The First Use of CRISPR to Treat a Genetic Disease in a Live Patient
“Just setting up my twttr”
By Raquel Buj, PhD (@BioYupi) Photo Credit: PxHere “just setting up my twttr”, was the first tweet in history and how Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, changed the world on March 21, 2006. Twitter has shaken the world by modifying how we interact, communicate, and consume news. Twitter attracts a significant number of politicians, journalists, … Continue reading “Just setting up my twttr”
A Limited Cure for a Different Viral Epidemic: HIV and Stem-Cell Therapy
By Stephanie Baringer Photo Credit: Needpix.com Amidst the chaos surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, other areas of the virology field have continued to advance. In early March, it was announced that Adam Castillejo, a 40-year old man from London, was cured of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is a virus that weakens the immune system by … Continue reading A Limited Cure for a Different Viral Epidemic: HIV and Stem-Cell Therapy
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait at Home
By Rebecca Fleeman Photo Credit: Pixabay Amidst the current climate of despair for the growing cases of coronavirus, many of us have a flurry of emotions. We are disheartened about the number of people who have been impacted, worried about those in our lives who are at a higher risk for the disease, terrified that … Continue reading Good Things Come to Those Who Wait at Home
Lessons on Flattening the Curve: Evidence in Favor of Widespread Testing and Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Ryan Hylton "We've got a choice to make. Do we want to follow the trajectory of a South Korea, where they had aggressive mitigation measures and everyone really leaned into this issue, or do we want to follow the trajectory of Italy where we're seeing a rapid increase in cases and more deaths?"1 The … Continue reading Lessons on Flattening the Curve: Evidence in Favor of Widespread Testing and Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Liar, the Snitch and the Microbe: Tips to Identify Fake News in Social Media
By Stephen Matthews Social media provides a fantastic avenue for information to spread. It allows people all over the world to instantly access photos, stories and new information, as soon as it is uploaded. Unfortunately, due to the large volume of information being shared, and the freedom by which this is done, incorrect information can … Continue reading The Liar, the Snitch and the Microbe: Tips to Identify Fake News in Social Media
Media and Medical Science: The Misinformation Age
By Elizabeth Lesko From the anti-vaccination movement to the current panic over COVID-19, the mass media plays a critical role in providing information about medical science to the general population. While media coverage of medical research has the benefit of raising public awareness and therefore increases interest and potential funding for understudied areas, it also … Continue reading Media and Medical Science: The Misinformation Age
Virology Terminology You Need to Know for COVID-19
By Jillian Carmichael, PhD Credit: BioRender By now, you’d need to be living under a rock to have not heard about the new coronavirus. COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic by the WHO (World Health Organization) on Wednesday. As of Friday, March 13, there are more than 1600 diagnosed COVID-19 cases in the US and … Continue reading Virology Terminology You Need to Know for COVID-19
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