Year: 2024

My steam project is looking at the immune system’s response to bacterial meningitis. I chose bacterial meningitis because my brother was diagnosed in the beginning of January, it was very terrifying for my family. It was also the case study we did on the lymphatic and immune system that inspired …

Link to essay: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hMnx0ClOn7eE8nQahOOErk3-Gs8BIi3A6Hj0fuuYq6I/edit

I did my project on explaining lymphedema and its management options. The objective that I am covering is how the lymphatic system can indicate disease. Lymphedema is a disease that occurs when fluid builds up inside the tissues because of a lymph malfunction. The lymph gets stuck inside the interstitial …

Do you know what the leading cause of infertility in the United States is? Once it was unheard of, but now it’s becoming a household phrase: polycystic ovary syndrome. The name is exactly how it sounds, an ovary with several (poly) cysts. This hormonal condition affects millions of women of …

Media type: Children’s book Also view using the download option above ^ The course objective I’ve chosen to cover for my STEAM project is on the cardiovascular system, specifically sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease that causes abnormal red blood cell shape due to the presence …

Antiphospholipid syndrome is a type of autoimmune disease that “…is characterized by thrombosis and/or pregnancy complications in the presence of persistent antiphospholipid antibodies…” (Chaturvedi & McCrae, 2017). Thrombosis is where your blood vessels become blocked due to blood clots. The antibodies antiphospholipid syndrome produces attack the phospholipids within your blood. …

(Apologies if this uploads and its blurry 🙁 ) This is Pingpong. Pingpong was lucky enough to be exposed to the parasite Toxoplasma Gondii at a young age. It is a parasite meant to infect mice and turn off their instinctual reaction of fear when sensing cats, but has been …