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From Trends to Truth: Diabetic Medications and Weight Loss
The global obesity epidemic affects a staggering 52% of adults as of 2016 [1] and continues to escalate. Therefore, the quest for...
Maria
Dec 6, 2023
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From Genes to Lifestyle: What is Diabetes?
According to the World Health Organization, diabetes affects approximately 422 million individuals (8.5% of the world’s population),...
Maria
Nov 22, 2023
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A split-brain
In previous posts, we started to describe the brain’s anatomy in greater depth. We mentioned that the brain is divided into two...
Nicole
Aug 30, 2023
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Unveiling the Impact of HPV
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a prevalent sexually transmitted infection that can infect both males and females who engage in vaginal,...
Phaedra
Jul 19, 2023
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Promising Results for Melanoma Treatment Using mRNA Vaccine
As mentioned in the previous post, melanoma cases have been increasing over the past few years [1,2]. While there are currently a few...
Maria
Jun 21, 2023
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How to prevent and treat melanoma?
Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that develops in melanocytes, the cells responsible for the pigment that colours skin, hair, and eyes...
Maria
Jun 7, 2023
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HIV Vaccine Development: Current Advances and Challenges
As discussed in our previous posts about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), there exists no cure for this potentially life-threatening...
Hedi
May 10, 2023
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The Ignored Endometriosis
With March being endometriosis awareness month, and includes International Women's Day, it is important to discuss this well disregarded...
Maria
Mar 10, 2023
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Current Antiretroviral Therapy Against HIV
As discussed in our previous post about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a cure does not exist at the moment for this potentially...
Hedi
Mar 2, 2023
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COVID-19 Treatments After Being Infected
Although vaccination is the most powerful method to prevent the viral spread and severe disease, it is also important to develop...
Nicole
Jan 20, 2022
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A not so New Virus Worry
As COVID-19 restrictions began to lift over the past few months, there has been news about a new viral acronym: RSV. RSV stands for...
Dominique
Sep 25, 2021
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Antibiotic Resistance: The Super-Bugs
In our previous post, we talked about the different ways that antibiotics could kill bacteria*. Antibiotics have been very helpful to...
Nicole
Jul 2, 2021
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Antibiotics VS. Antivirals: Two Weapons, Two Targets
In our own healthy bodies, the number of bacterial cells is almost equal to the number of human cells [1]. Bacteria* can actually help...
Nicole
Jun 24, 2021
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