Complications of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
My STEAM project was on the complications of diabetes mellitus, you can find more information here.
Avoid an egg shortage: Improvements in chicken lives to produce more eggs
The egg laying industry is one that looks to optimize egg production in chickens. In order to improve chicken egg production, they must have nutritional values met, an increase in light and temperature exposure, stress levels, as well as access to a perch. Consuming calcium allows chickens to store the …
Pulmonary Embolism
I chose to do my project on deep vein thrombosis and some effects it has on the human body and also some treatments. My project depicts the veins and blood clots using straws and pipe cleaners to better visualize what is happening. Written project Blair Coomer Biol F112X 4/19/24 Effects …
Changes During Pregnancy You Cannot See
The media I decided to use for this project is a digital drawing. I drew an outline of a pregnant woman, portraying a conversation between herself and someone else. The person asks how she is feeling and she responds with great. But in her mind she knows she does not …
Carbon Monoxide Interupting Oxygenation
In my STEAM project, I am illustrating the process in which carbon monoxide interrupts the oxygenation of red blood cells. The medium I am using is a combination of gummy candy and drawings. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic gas that can interfere with the body’s ability to get oxygen …
Book on The Lactation Process
Breast feeding is one of the topics that expectant mothers talk about from my experience at the hospital that I work at. They even give classes to expectant and current mothers on the topic. Whether you want to do it or not it plays a major role in all pregnancies …
Lymphocyte Mutation Effects
For my project, I decided to study something involving the lymphatic and immune system section we studies in class. While doing research I came across a lot of different articles involving lymphatic cells and their correlation involving cancer. Specifically, I focused on Hodgkin’s lymphoma and what cells the cancer occurred …
Trikafta as a new treatment for Cystic Fibrosis
The top image is a cell with a mutation causing CF, the bottom image is that same cell after treatment using Trikafta.