Elana von der Heyden

Behavioral Neuroscience // Class of 2024

The tiny organisms posing a giant threat  

Among the many increasingly complex medical developments made since the start of the twentieth century, one discovery stands out among all the rest: antibiotics. Today, antibiotics may not seem to be such a wonder, yet their discovery — beginning with the isolation of penicillin in 1928 —  has been revolutionary to medicine and global health. […]

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Are our brains self-sabotaging? The role of astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases

Despite the modernity of medicine and the advancements mankind has made in understanding human physiology, there is perhaps no greater mystery than the driving force behind our every action, thought, and feeling: the human brain. The physical structure of the brain is clear, but the origin of many of the existing neuronal pathologies is still

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