Biology

Resurrecting pigs? Cellular activity restored in pig hours after death

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Many believe that death is an instantaneous and irreversible event, yet recent research conducted by a group of scientists at Yale University has shown otherwise. The group’s study, published in Nature, found that pumping nutrient-rich synthetic blood throughout the bodies of pigs that had been dead for an hour could reverse the deleterious processes that […]

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Axolotls and birth abnormalities: Interspecific embryonic similarities in early Mesoamerica

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Across fields of academia and within everyday life, the origins of scientific knowledge are often credited to European scholars, philosophers, and schools of thought. Embryology, the study of embryonic development, has been no stranger to this pattern of Eurocentrism, with Aristotle being widely considered to have created the field of developmental biology during the fourth

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New advancements allow MRI scans during surgery

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Modern medical advancements are largely dependent upon the strength of the technology used in the field. The skills of surgeons are enhanced by sophisticated tools that can be used in and out of the operating room. A recent, notable advancement in medical technology is the increased use of the intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI) exam,

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From single gene to hemoglobin protein

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Throughout the past century, the study of hemoglobin has revolutionized modern molecular medicine. Specifically, hemoglobin, an essential protein which gives blood its red color and is responsible for oxygen transport in vertebrates, has come to be better understood. Hemoglobin protein molecules in humans are primarily characterized by the folding of the amino acid chains which

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How Life Began to See

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Light is, arguably, the reason we exist. Billions of years ago, the first cells utilized light as a source of energy using photosynthesis, thus set the stage for complex multicellular life. Light, the source of all energy we consume, creates vitamin D in our skin and allows our most precious sensory organs, our eyes, to

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Genghis Khan: Better than other warlords at more than just conquering land

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“The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.” This quote, by Genghis Khan, perfectly illustrates one key reason why the mutation in his Y chromosome was

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Toxoplasmosis: Can you catch crazy cat lady syndrome?

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Popular culture has birthed an archetype of the crazy cat lady: a middle-aged woman with more cats than people in her life, unable to properly care for them and her home. Seen as both offensive and humorously affectionate, this often disheveled or reclusive image has brought into question the legitimacy of these behavioral patterns. As

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