Impact of Nutrition on Immunity and Cancer
There are many different reasons someone can find themselves diagnosed with cancer whether it be lifestyle or environmental factors, or in some cases there is no known cause at all. There are also all different kinds of cancer most of which there are treatment for but no definitive cure. While …
Allergies Acquired from Organ Transplants
Solid organ transplants (SOT) are already very delicate procedures with many risks and complications involved. From infections, to rejections of the donor organ, and even death, just to name a few. However, not many may know that there is a risk of one acquiring allergies from donor organs as well. …
Vampire Bats and Draculin Spitz Essay Portion
Vampire Bats: Compassionate bloodsuckers In this essay I will talk about vampire bats and their red blood cells and protein draculin. The course objective covered by this project is from unit 11: Identify various components of blood and key structural components. There are over 1,400 bat species in the …
Ascaris in Alaska
Clean water is a priority to avoid many illnesses especially parasitic among humans and animals. In Alaska, the villages suffer from the lack of running water within their homes and their campsites. This can lead to a potentially lethal parasite infestation called Ascaris Lumbricoides. The course objective covered for this …
The Effects of Vaping and Smoking Weed on the Lungs
The research topic I decided to study was the differences in the anatomy and physiology of the pair of lungs of a person who smokes weed, someone who vapes, and someone with healthy lungs, which ties into the course objective “Analyze the effects of disease on function and structure of …