Before pregnancy, a female’s breasts contain milk glands and ducts, however they are underdeveloped. The breast’s mammary gland structure is typically rudimentary during this stage as well, but all this changes when a person goes through pregnancy. During pregnancy, the body goes through many changes, many of which are in …
The objective that I am covering and looking beyond is “placental formation and function.” My piece portrays the similarities between of the placenta’s role in providing nutrients to a growing fetus to that of how roots of a tree collect nutrients from the soil and provide it to the growing …
Nearly 40 years ago, David P Strachan published a study in the British Medical Journal which discussed data correlating the onset of childhood allergies and household size and cleanliness in British children (Strachan 1998). This so called “hygiene hypothesis” found an interesting trend: on average, children born to large households …
In this project, we demonstrated how hydrogen bonds determine the functionality of a protein. We chose to highlight Huntington’s Disease, which is caused by a trinucleotide repeat of the amino acid glutamine, a polar molecule. The extension of the Huntingtin gene rearranges hydrogen bonds in the Huntingtin protein, causing it …
By: Alex Wood Lung cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, according to the American Cancer Society (2022). It is one of the most aggressive types of cancer affecting the respiratory system. It is a disease that results from the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the lung tissue, …
The objective of this project is to describe the function of the kidneys and how their function helps the body. I will also talk about the seven functions of the kidneys and what the two bean shaped organs do. The media I will be using for this project will be …
Chloe Sears The Body’s Hormones The course objective that I picked for my STEAM project, is to categorize the types of hormones. I found this very interesting, as I understand how much it affects your everyday wellbeing, and experience. There are many systems that affect the release of hormones, and …
