Biology 1102--Fall 2010
Biology In The News
Material for the Second Exam
First Tuskegee, then Guatamala--shameful chapters in biomedical research. Thanks to: Dana Navalance, Alex Smith, Jill Rosoff, Cheyanne Clark, Devin DeMici, Sarah Boyle, and Allison Fitch
Can athletic events cause a heart-attach? Unfortunately, yes... Thanks to: Dorian Gilmartin-Dzitko
Cry me a river, and kill me a bacteria! Using tears to fight "superbugs"...Thanks to: Marissa Martini
As always, new ways to cheat... Thanks to: Tyfani Mumford and Jeff Lecours
New synthetic surfactant tested to help premature babies with respiratory distress. Thanks to: Jeff Lecours
The truth about "protein powders" Thanks to: Jennifer Hunt
Latest candidate for a Magic Bullet aimed at weight loss, and the latest failure... Thanks to Amanda Mehtala, Michael Canaan, Alicia Garcia, Carly Jacobson, Andrew Kam!
The first human application is here, and stem cell research may never be the same... Thanks to: Jim Gallagher (for the stock tip too!), Richard Holmes, Michael Roberts, Amanda Mehtala
Sneezing and wheezing more than ever... Thanks to Cheyanne Clark
A promising new drug for type I diabetes... Thanks to: Brittany Kerr
More problems with hormone replacement therapy (HRT), this time it's in the kidneys... Thanks to Matt Zoller
A gene for obesity? Maybe, but maybe not--its complicated... Thanks to Jesse Rifkin
Dodging Kidney Stones and Bullets... Thanks to Christen Orticari
Hormone Replacement for Men? Perhaps... Thanks to Kaitlyn Aldrich and Natasha Zielinski
Viagra is useful in more ways than one... Thanks to Isabelle Gambino
German night milk may aid insomniacs... Thanks to Liz Ritchie
Dads' hormones change, too, during pregnancy... Thanks to Jennifer Hunt
When love goes bad, blame it on the neurotransmitters... Thanks to Alexandra Guo
Another fat pill, another disappointment... Thanks to Alexandra Antonio
New advances in treating Alzheimer's disease... Thanks to Michelle Labrecque
Dopamine model could play role in treating schizophrenia and drug addiction... Thanks to Brian Albert
Gene therapy may help counteract depression... Thanks to Brendan Giolitto and Lexi Giroux
5 ways to boost your immune system... Thanks to Ashley Whitten
Newly Discovered DNA Repair Mechanism... Thanks to Andrew Dombrowski
Everybody's different, and so are their genes... Thanks to Adriana Rodriguez and Alexandra Antonio
Don't forget the Dads: Paternal inheritance and breast cancer... Thanks to Andrew Mancini
Darwin, his first cousin, and inbreeding depression... Thanks to Kaitlyn Smith