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 Dem Bones
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How your body maintains a living,breathing skeleton, and how clinical medicine can treat a large number of bone diseases.
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Islet Amyloid
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A culprit in Type II Diabetes
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The Role of Integrins in Wound Closure
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How the body uses this cell-surface receptor protein to heal wounds.
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In the Name of Fair Game
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An overview of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs
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Resurrecting Damaged Neurons
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Are We Fighting A Hopeless Battle? New techniques in the search for a cure for spinal cord injury.
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Cationic Peptides: A New Hope
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Cationic peptides are ubiquitous in the natural world, and present an interesting new approach to managing infection.
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From Dyes to Peptides: The Evolution of Antibiotic Drugs
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Understanding both the history and the future of antibiotic treatment.
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Peer Review Funding in the Health Sciences
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A brief introduction to the current peer review system of grant application and distribution.
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Prostate Cancer
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An introduction to the epidemiology and treatment of prostate cancer.
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Leptins: a piece of the obesity pie
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From the Greek word “leptos” meaning thin, leptins are hormones that control body weight.
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Human
Cloning: Science Fiction or Reality?
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Techniques
used in reproductive cloning and the possible applications.
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Smallpox: Then and Now
by Tyler B.M. Hickey |
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history, biology, and current concerns around the smallpox virus.
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Huntington
Disease
by Peyman Tavassoli
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An
overview of a genetic neurodegenerative disorder.
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Prions:
Infectious Proteins responsible for Mad Cow Disease
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A
look at how prions cause diseases such as BSE in cows and Creutzfeldt-Jacob
Disease in humans.
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Rhinovirus:
an Unstoppable Cause of the Common Cold?
by Lori McCoy
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Rhinoviruses
are responsible for over half of the common colds suffered by
humans...
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Viral
Infection
by Lori McCoy
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An
introduction to the mechanisms of viral infection.
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How
to Catch a Cancer
by Brandon Stott
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Advances
in molecular biology and genetics are now making it possible
for doctors to diagnose cancer before it strikes.
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The
New MacDonald Pharm
by Helmut Kae |
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On
the "pharm" of the future cows produce clotting factors
in their milk, sheep create spider silk in industrial quantities,
and chickens produce vaccines in their eggs.
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Looking
inside the human body using positrons
by Zerah Lurie |
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Did
you know there is a 2.4 kilometre long tunnel that connects
TRIUMF to the UBC hospital? Read more to find out why.
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Microbes
and You: Normal Flora
by Dave Oliver |
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You
are covered in microorganisms! In fact, there are approximately
10 times as many prokaryotic cells (mainly bacteria) associated
with your body than there are eukaryotic cells, but this is
a good thing.
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Prescription
Antibiotics—How Exactly Do These Drugs Work
by Megan Simmer |
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The
etymology of the term can be broken down into two roots: the
prefix “anti-” meaning “opposed to” or “preventing”
and “biotic” coming from the Greek word for life.
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Mucosal
Immunity & Vaccines
by Robyn Seipp
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The
mucous membranes are one of the largest organs of the body.Collectively,
they cover a surface area of more than 400m2 |
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