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Blasting Off: How Spaceflight Affects Muscle Strength and Function

This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College. Read more about the course here. Research finds that astronauts experience a loss of muscle mass, decreased strength, and develop insulin resistance while in space, introducing strong implications for future space flight. As technology continues to rapidly advance and evolve,…

FLU AND AGING: HOW DOES GETTING OLDER AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO FIGHT THE VIRUS?

This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College. Learn more about the author Influenza, a respiratory illness, poses an exceptionally high risk to older adults due to their weakened immune system. With age, the cells of the immune system progressively lose their capacity to divide and effectively combat infections,…

The Ultimate Villain: How Salmonella Turns the Body on Itself

Researchers have shown that mice lacking a certain immune signaling molecule known as interleukin-1B, are more resistant to Salmonella than mice with interleukin-1B. This observation led researchers to further investigate how Salmonella manipulates the immune system. This webpage was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College. Read more from this course here.…

How can a protein predict cancer prognosis?

A group of scientists in China combined their classic “wet lab” skills with bioinformatic power to understand how a protein involved in blood coagulation plays a key role in the development of stomach adenocarcinoma. About me: Sofia Doune Bosch This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College With…

Cells Shooketh: The sustained immunological and hematological changes associated with Long Covid

A recent study reveals changes in the immune complement system and platelet-associated blood markers may be responsible for sustained symptoms following acute Covid-19 infection, representing hope for understanding the mechanisms behind Long Covid. In 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus wreaked havoc on the world, contributing to over seven million cumulative deaths and afflicting many more with…

Into the Aging Mind: Chromatin Accessibility and Restoring Neurogenesis

Disclaimer: This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College. Inhibiting the cytoskeletal-regulating ROCK kinase reduces adhesions, restoring migratory potential in aged neural stem cells to promote neurogenesis in the aging brain. While we’re aware of the declining regenerative potential with age, the intricacies behind this remain largely obscure,…

Splicing Variants Contribute to Genetic Variation Between Modern and Archaic Humans

Studying splicing variants reveals the effects of genetic differences in pre-mRNA splicing between modern and archaic humans, and provides insights into how natural selection acted on splicing in human evolution. This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College. Read more here. Studying variation in hominin evolution can be critical…

How Strawberries are helping us extend Mendelian genetics

Organisms with multiple sets of chromosomes must balance their gene expression levels to survive. By analyzing dominance patterns and chromatin accessibility in strawberries, Fang et al. described the mechanism of subgenome dominance that allows strawberries and other allopolyploid species to survive. This webpage was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College. …

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