Month: November 2021

For my project, I decided to research Echinococcus Parasites and how they affect the human brain and other internal organs. These parasites infect the host and can cause a disease known as Echinococcosis which causes hydatid cysts and other symptoms such as pain and vomiting. I brought this research to …

For my project I chose Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease). My image is a (poor) drawing of what a healthy bone with

Scoliosis is when the spine curves the spine in a lateral motion of at least ten degrees or more. My STEAM Project is specifically focused on the types of scoliosis that can occur in childhood and adulthood. The art piece shown depicts the types of scoliosis that caused the specific …

For my project, I looked into the hand condition symbrachydactyly. It is a congenital condition where some or all of the fingers are either underdeveloped, or not developed at all. There is no known cause to this condition, but there are several different methods of treatments to improve the function …

With my project I am demonstrating the difference between a healthy and damaged nerve cell that occurs with Multiple Sclerosis. With the healthy model, I am illustrating how the myelin sheath are intact and protecting the axon. There is more space between the myelin in my models to demonstrate the …

My project demonstrates how prion disease is contracted and affects the body, using a humourous cartoon. It shows the cascading effects of protein misfolding as it spreads through the body and causes symptoms through changes in the nervous system. It simplifies prion disease to narrate the disease’s onset and development in a cartoon art style. It takes the perspective of prion proteins as an “organization” responsible for activating a zombie-like state through secret operations affecting the body and accomplishing nervous system breakdown as a mission. The comic’s conclusion also demonstrates the popular misunderstandings of the disease in historical and imaginative contexts, showing victims of the disease as “mad” zombies, playing with popular brain-eating zombie portrayals, and connecting them to the actual transmission of CJD or Kuru.