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Skin Regeneration in Wound Healing: The Art of Self Preservation

Meena Kian
By Meena Kian | Online Reporter | SQ Online (2019-2020) Picture this: you’re a new parent, eager to keep your... Read More

The Implications of Our “Happy Little Pill”

Meena Kian
By Meena Kian | Online Reporter | SQ Online (2019-2020)       As sentient beings, we have evolved to... Read More

Tick Talk

Anjali Iyangar
BY ANJALI IYANGAR | SQ ONLINE REPORTER | SQ 2019-2020 Imagine this. You’re a little tick egg, about to hatch.... Read More

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: The Interwoven World of Disease and Social Media

Mahima Advani
  By Mahima Advani | SQ Online Reporter | SQ Online (2019-20) Every day, we press snooze on our alarms.... Read More

The Thalidomide Tragedy and its Lasting Effects

Shreya Shriram
Consider this: you have been working in a lab for a few years, and you think that you have discovered... Read More

Brahe’s Baffling Bladder

Soha Khalid
As we move into summer break, it's time for a warning about the dangers of having too much fun. In the case of Tycho Brahe, influential astronomer, too much fun led to a rather embarrassing cause of death. Read on to find out how you can avoid making the same mistake he did. Read More

The First Antiviral Program

Soha Khalid
The recent measles outbreak may have you wondering how such a deadly trend could have been prevented. Read on to find out how vaccines originated, how they work, and how you can prevent measles (spoiler alert: get vaccinated). Read More

Sushruta Nose Best

Soha Khalid
The nose job's humble beginnings trace back to ancient India, when nasal reconstruction was first developed and used by history's first surgeon, Sushruta. Read More

The Pursuit of Life Beyond Earth

Ingrid Heumann
Though Earth is home to many diverse organisms, the search for forms of novel life has expanded past the planet’s... Read More

Dr. Liston’s Unsurvivable Surgery

Soha Khalid
If you're feeling unsure about how good of a doctor you'll be when you enter med school, don't be too nervous. Dealing with amputations and the accompanying gangrene in the 1800s was no easy feat, especially for Dr. Robert Liston, yet he still made a name for himself. You can rest easy knowing you probably won't make the same mistakes he did. Curious? Read more to find out why history remembers his name. Read More
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Hi everyone! Hope you are all having a restful and Hi everyone! Hope you are all having a restful and safe spring break! We wanted to share one of our newer articles with you for some pleasure reading! Written by Helen Zhu, Food For Thought talks about slelective breeding with fruit and how they have changed over the years! 
In the 1940s, plant breeders began to modify the traits of their crops through mutagenesis, a process shown on the second slide. Increasing the frequency of mutations raises the chance of a "helpful mutation occurring, like one that would show an increase in the quality of the crop. 

As great as it may seem, several consequences arise from crop modification, such as conflict between farmers and corporations about patenting living organisms.

If you would like to read more on this topic, or any of our other articles, please go to our website sqonline.ucsd.edu! Thank you to writer Helen Zhu and Illustrator Shae Galli for this interesting article!
March is Women's History Month, and today is Inter March is Women's History Month, and today is International Women's Day! We would like to honor some of the amazing, diligent, and conscientious women in science that continue to inspire generations to come! We are forever thankful for their accomplishments and contributions that continue to enable us towards scientific discoveries in present day. Swipe through to learn more about a few of the many influential female figures in science! 👩🏻‍🔬 🧪🔬 🧬
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