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Mar 2, 20183 min read

Goggles On, Hallucinations Off

By Olivia Baccellieri Mental health conditions afflict a significant proportion of the American population in a litany of ways. These...

Where Medicine and Technology Meet: a Device for Measuring Real-Time Blood Clotting

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Mar 2, 20183 min read

Where Medicine and Technology Meet: a Device for Measuring Real-Time Blood Clotting

By Owen Page The progression of both science and medicine have been defined by technological advances. Calculus has lead to more complex...

Smart Architecture for In-Home Healthcare

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Mar 2, 20185 min read

Smart Architecture for In-Home Healthcare

By Vanessa Palermo The elderly population in the USA and Brazil is growing rapidly, and consequently, so is the need for in-home health...

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Dec 9, 20173 min read

The Role of Diet in Mortality

By Rachel Snider Immortality is fun to think about, while mortality is less so. Whether or not we choose to consider the implications, we...

Alzheimer’s, Identity, and the Default Mode Network

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Dec 9, 20172 min read

Alzheimer’s, Identity, and the Default Mode Network

By Harriet Milligan Life expectancy in humans has steadily increased over the last 50 years, and due to this our bodies are not adapted...

Cognitive Brain-Training Games: Established Science or too Good to be True?

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Dec 9, 20174 min read

Cognitive Brain-Training Games: Established Science or too Good to be True?

By Avery St. Sauveur What if I told you there was a way to prolong aging? Commercial brain-training companies such as Lumosity insist...

A Promising Clinical Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease

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Dec 9, 20172 min read

A Promising Clinical Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease

By Nick Fontaine Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease that deteriorates many parts of the brain, and therefore mental processing,...

Delaying Age-Related Pathologies via Senescent Cell Clearance: Applications and Future Consideration

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Dec 9, 20173 min read

Delaying Age-Related Pathologies via Senescent Cell Clearance: Applications and Future Consideration

By Julia Sjoquist As your body ages, so do your cells. Some cells malfunction and proliferate out of control resulting in tumor...

Engineering Cartilage for Treatment of Osteoarthritis

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Dec 9, 20173 min read

Engineering Cartilage for Treatment of Osteoarthritis

By Mykl Ambros The population aged 65 and over in the United States is projected to reach 83.7 million by 2050 and will account for 20%...

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Dec 9, 20173 min read

Telomere Lengthening and the Quest for Immortality

By Loret Haas-Hanser Biological immortality is humankind's firmest grasp on the concept of living forever. Immortality has been sought...

The Spirit Molecule, 5-MeO-DMT, and Cerebral Organoids

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Oct 28, 20174 min read

The Spirit Molecule, 5-MeO-DMT, and Cerebral Organoids

By Zach Finzi When we bring up the term psychedelics, some may think of the underground Acid House rave scene defined by LSD in the 80s....

Danazol Hormone Therapy for Preservation of Genetic Information

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Oct 28, 20173 min read

Danazol Hormone Therapy for Preservation of Genetic Information

By Tyra Martinez Telomeres are located at the ends of chromosomes and protect your genetic information from deteriorating or fusing with...

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Oct 28, 20173 min read

The Melody of Methylation

By Dan Brooks In recent years the concept of genetic code has garnered major attention in the media. Awareness of how an individual’s...

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Oct 28, 20174 min read

Ketamine for Depression

By Dylan Cooper Depression affects about 17% of the population and can have devastating effects on those who suffer from it. Currently,...

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Oct 28, 20173 min read

On Why We Have Sex

By Owen Page We all, more or less, know what sex is and how it happens. But why do we have sex? Why has this form of reproduction been...

The Effect of Aggressive and Sexual Music on Teens

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Oct 28, 20174 min read

The Effect of Aggressive and Sexual Music on Teens

By Nick Fontaine Music plays a major role in the lives of many people, especially during the tumultuous teenage years. It now plays a...

Scientific Psychedelics: A Neuroscientific Look at Entheogens

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Oct 28, 20173 min read

Scientific Psychedelics: A Neuroscientific Look at Entheogens

By Nick Grubinger Entheogens, more commonly referred to as psychedelics, are referenced in many cultures. When Albert Hofmann experienced...

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Oct 28, 20172 min read

Music Therapy for Dementia

By Loret Haas-Hanser Dementia is a common condition with recent prevalence estimates in the US suggesting over 3 million people show...

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Oct 28, 20172 min read

Tracking the Opioid Outbreak

By Khadar Abdi Opioids and derivatives are commonly prescribed in a hospital setting for chronic pain. The liberal prescription of these...

Heroin and Brain Temperature: Exploring the Physiology Behind Substance Abuse

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Oct 28, 20172 min read

Heroin and Brain Temperature: Exploring the Physiology Behind Substance Abuse

By Avery St. Sauveur While it seems unlikely that a single molecule could have a vice grip on the United States, the last several years...