By Dinah Landsman With the advent of the digital revolution, it is no surprise that scientific research and inquiry skyrocketed at...

By Zoe Stanley There are several phrases deemed the “central dogma of biology” over time. An important one: “structure determines...

By Jean Wong Content Warning: Discussion of depression and suicide. Depression, one of the most common mental illnesses, is also called...

By: Sean Zhang The late nineteenth century brought upon a new wave of terror for the disabled, racial minorities, and people with other...

By: Fiona Yue The debate over nature versus nurture extends to the topic of obesity. Obesity is defined by a BMI over 30 and currently,...

By: Anna Yeh Bipolar disorder is a severe mental illness that involves drastic shifts in mood, energy and concentration. These moods...

By Andrew Friedland The fountain of youth, the elixir of life, and the holy grail–Throughout all of human history, there has been a...

By Lola Dong The retina is a tissue located at the back of the eye that contains rods and cones, which are cells that process light and...

By Noa Nordenberg Pharmacogenetics is the interdisciplinary study combining genetics and pharmacology. It applies the knowledge of...

By Tazkiah Salam Ancestry refers to the lineage and heritage of a person and where their pre-disposers came from. The main difference...

By Alessandra Dounias When you think about your genetic makeup, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Most people think of genes...

By Yuko Zhuo You walk into a room and see everybody on the last cigarette of their pack. What percent of these people are addicted...

By Elizabeth Guerrero During the mid-1800s, English scientist Francis Galton first coined the phrase ‘nature versus nurture’. The idea...

By Kazuma Morris The Human Development Index (HDI) is a measurement of a country's overall development and the well-being of citizens. A...

By Samiha Nasrin With over 700,000 people diagnosed with a brain tumor in the US alone per year, neurological diseases such as this...

By Eddie Jiang If you were to unravel the roughly two meters of DNA found in one cell, you might find a segment of genes that gives you...

By Evan Li Genes are the basic unit of heredity; they serve as the instructions from which RNA is transcribed and subsequently, proteins...

By Jason Hwang In the GATTACA, a movie directed by Andrew Nichols and released in 1997, it describes a world in which jobs and social...

By Sumi Lama Gene therapies aim to cure genetic diseases by managing the root of the problem and altering genomes. In the past few years,...

By Yvonne Fong Cancer is a disease caused by a mutation in the cell's genes that control how the cell grows and divides. These mutations...