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The Truth About Performance Enhancing Drugs

June 20, 2022 15 min read

The Olympics remain the great international showcase of harmonious athleticism and nationalistic pride, and this past February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing was no exception. Such a big competition sparks many news and controversies, one of... Read More

The Imagination of Body Augmentation

May 6, 2022 22 min read

Picture Teen Titan’s Cyborg’s multipurpose cybernetic arm cannon, Doctor Otto Octavius’ mechanical limbs, and the Winter Soldier’s vibranium arm. It seems crazy to imagine such scientifically accurate and effective pieces of technology, but in reality,... Read More

Weighed Down By Wellness

April 20, 2022 12 min read

Did anyone else feel a shudder run through their spine upon hearing the news: “UC San Diego will be reverting to remote learning until January 17th?” If not then, perhaps a shivering twinge of deja... Read More

Scratching That Itch: The Future of Eczema Treatment

October 26, 2021 10 min read

Imagine itchy, rashy skin present on just about every part of your body. Visualize being unable to properly close your eyes due to the severe swelling and peeling of your eyelids, and being kept awake... Read More

How to Grow Your Own Eye: The Cure for Retinal Degeneration

July 23, 2021 10 min read

Over 1.3 billion people are afflicted with some form of vision impairment, which can mean these individuals require glasses or have a level of blindness. While the decline of vision with age is generally considered... Read More

Fishing for Genomes: Targeting Population Genetics

July 23, 2021 8 min read

Successive generations of organisms may experience many changes in their physiology, behavior, and development. While most traits, such as beak shape or coat color, can be perceived by the human eye, the actual changes that... Read More

Botox: Smoothening Wrinkles, Soothing Moods

July 16, 2021 9 min read

Common responses to stress include eating more ice cream, watching more TV shows, and the more physiologically relevant development of clenching every muscle in your body. Today, stress is seen as a well-established accompaniment to... Read More

LRRK2: the Two-Faced Janus of Parkinson’s Disease

July 14, 2021 10 min read

The Reck-Peterson, Villa and Leschziner groups at UC San Diego discovered that the LRRK2 protein, a mutated subset in Parkinson’s patients, has profound impacts on molecular transport in the cell and could influence the onset... Read More

A Personal Look into the Future of Diabetic Medicine

July 12, 2021 10 min read

The fight against one of the nation’s leading diseases has just gotten a lot more personal. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that compromises the body’s ability to regulate blood glucose, leading to a variety... Read More