Overview of Tuberculosis
For this week’s blog, I will discuss tuberculosis and share some interesting facts I learned while researching the topic! Tuberculosis was very common not too long ago due to the increase in sanitation and education in the recent years. Tuberculosis is a very big issue in underdeveloped countries due to the fact that they are…
What is CRISPR-Cas9?
CRISPR-Cas9 stands for “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats”. Two women, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, won a Nobel Prize in 2020 for their “breakthrough research on CRSPR technology.” For the past decade, the Nobel Prize has been anticipated to see which peoples would receive the magnificent discovery. If you have not heard of CRSPR…
Our Mind and Food
If you’re anything like me, then you are very careless with the food you put in your body. Yep. As much as I hate to admit it, I am one of the many Americans who have a bad habit of eating fatty-rich foods. As we’ve previously learned, there are consequences of having an unhealthy diet…
What is a Superbug?
According to Mayo Clinic, superbugs are “strains of bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi that are resistant to most of the antibiotics and other medications commonly used to treat the infections they cause.” The name is very fitting, as they are more damaging and lethal than the typical microorganisms we know and commonly see. An example…
A Guide for Herbicides
If you’re anything like me, then you might not know a whole lot about herbicides. I’ve actually never used one myself, but I have seen it lying around my home’s garage before. Basically, it’s this toxic chemical you spray on weeds to kill them and inhibit further growth. There’s a lot of advantages and disadvantages…
The History of Vaccine Hesitancy
Andrew Wakefield is an infamous British physician known for his study that associated the MMR vaccine to increased risk for autism. The study was published in a journal, The Lancet, in 1998. It took nearly 12 years for The Lancet to retract the study, despite the fact that in 2004, 10 authors filed for its…
SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine and YOU
The best way to protect yourself and your loved ones from SARS-CoV-2 and its variants is by getting vaccinated. ASAP! I am all for vaccination because I trust the expertise of the scientists who worked tirelessly to make this vaccine happen. I received my dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine the first week my…
Multiple Sclerosis and Diet
If you’ve never heard of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) then you have come to the right place. For this week’s blog, I will be discussing the relationship between the microbiota that inhabit our guts and Multiple Sclerosis, and how the food we put in our body can affect the progression of the disease. First, MS is…
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