The life-changing possibilities of stem cell transplantation. — Cells are the basic building block of humans 🧩. I’m not joking, you’re composed of trillions of cells. You have more cells than there are stars in the galaxy. Let’s talk about your special cells. Okay, all of your cells are special, but some are more special than the rest. They’re your stem cells. Stem cells…

A look into neural aging. — Don’t you wish you could live forever? Me too. Unfortunately, we can’t…at least not yet. The current global life expectancy is 72.0 years. You can spend as much as 29 years in school. The rest of the time is spent working, and then somewhere at the end you retire. If…

How Adrenomyelopathy affects the brain — When our neural pathways communicate, they produce electrical impulses. Except, the transmission of these impulses aren’t all equal. As we age, neurons in the brain begin to go through a process of myelination. Myelin is an insulating layer that forms over nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord…

Curiosity didn’t. — Being comfortable isn’t a bad thing, but not wanting to improve isn’t a good thing. /kəmˈplās(ə)nt/ showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements People tend to become complacent because they’ve accepted the things around them as possibly non-changing. Complacency doesn’t mean you’re pleased with yourself, it means you’ve…

Without all of the science, our solar system is essentially just a bunch of planets revolving around the Sun. This solar system is a part of the Milky Way Galaxy, a huge collection of dust, stars, and their solar systems. What’s really interesting is that we’re not the only ones…

Each year, it’s estimated that 1.5 million Americans sustain traumatic brain injury. As a result, many patients experience disorders of consciousness after the impairment. Some patients experience vegetative state (VS), where a person is awake but shows no sign of awareness. Coma states in contrast are where patients both lack…

Think about the last time you were sick with the flu. You probably went to the doctor. What’s really interesting is that your doctor was looking for biomarkers. Biomarkers? Well, in medicine, biomarkers are essentially indicators of the severity of different types of diseases, infections, and environmental exposures. …

The brain is one of our most essential organs. It holds a lot of information including knowledge, thoughts, and memory. That’s 100 billion neurons worth of information. Except, we barely know anything about those neurons or how they interact in the brain. That’s not to say we’re not trying to…

We know a lot about the human body, how it works, why it works in current ways, and how to help treat injuries and diseases. However, we don’t know much about the brain, the organ that controls all of the other organs in the human body. The brain serves as…