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Spooky Shrooms

What do mushrooms, frogs, and pufferfish all have in common?  Besides being naturally occurring toxic entities, they are also found... Read More
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Hail to Thee! The King of Beverages: Coffee

As the beverage of choice for the sleep- deprived and energy deficient, coffee has found its way into the hands of people around the world. A Harvard study has shown that 54% of Americans over the age of 18 drink an average of 3.1 nine-ounce cups of coffee a day. Read More
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LRRK2: the Two-Faced Janus of Parkinson’s Disease

The Reck-Peterson, Villa and Leschziner groups at UC San Diego discovered that the LRRK2 protein, a mutated subset in Parkinson’s... Read More
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The Mutual Dependence Between Circadian Rhythms and Glucocorticoids in Corticosteroid Therapy

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM 101 The circadian clock is in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the brain.¹ This cluster of nuclei sits... Read More
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New Discoveries in Autism

By Lauren Stiene | Online Reporter | SQ Online (2016-2017) Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a range of disorders associated... Read More
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Should we be PRObiotic or ANTIbiotic?

BY ELEANOR WANG | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2018-19) Whether you’re a biology major or not, you’ve probably... Read More
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A Tale of Two Cities: Accumulation of Rare Eye Cancer Cases Under Investigation

BY LAUREN BRUMAGE | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2017-18)   Public health officials are investigating a medical mystery... Read More
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The Implications of Our “Happy Little Pill”

By Meena Kian | Online Reporter | SQ Online (2019-2020) As sentient beings, we have evolved to experience a vast... Read More
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Is Monkeypox the New COVID-19?

On July 23, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced disappointing news regarding another Public Health Emergency of International Concern... Read More
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