One of the the aspects of prion disease that interests me most is its long incubation period. An incubation period is the time between the moment a person is infected with a pathogen and the moment a person starts displaying … Continue reading
After our class on Prion diseases, I was interested in finding out more about potential solutions for preventing or stopping chronic wasting disease. Because Prion proteins can manipulate normal proteins into changing their form to fit with the Prion, it … Continue reading
Our introduction to prion diseases this week, like the mad cow disease and scrapie, got me interested in reading more about prion diseases. Usually we classify diseases into four categories: genetic, degenerative, infectious or bacterial/viral. However, it was interesting to … Continue reading
This week we learned about prion diseases, which are 100% fatal to all patients. I decided to look into some of the treatment options that might exist or are being developed for these diseases. The research that goes into treating … Continue reading
Last class, we learned about the body’s carbonic acid-bicarbonate buffer system, which stabilizes the pH of our blood. When this system is overwhelmed, the blood can become either too acidic (this is called acidosis) or too basic (this is called … Continue reading
This week in class we focused on acids and bases, doing so made me think of the term “lactic acid”. For my high school varsity crew team, I had to have my lactic acid threshold tested in order to learn … Continue reading
As we learned in the Acid-Base Crash Course, acids are sour to taste, like vinegar. We have learned drinking lemon juice is not harmful for our bodies, but this has lead me to think, is drinking other, more concentrated acids … Continue reading
As an Art History major, you are forced to endure “discussion”, a third meeting every week when you go over what you learned in lecture during ARTH100. Every now and then, after meeting in Davis 212, a small classroom adjacent … Continue reading
The article that I read about acid rain showed the connection between chemistry, biology, and environmental science. It also connected to a class that I took last spring, called Coastal Zone Management, which I really enjoyed. The story of how … Continue reading
In a Smithsonian article by Devin Powell, the discovery of vanillin in rock in Northern Italy. The rock contains important information about soils from hundreds of millions of years ago. As the name suggests, vanillin, an organic compound, is molecularly … Continue reading