Understanding the Human Gut Microbiome from a Utopian Perspective

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, are both novels that demonstrate a perfect utopian society is not possible. In these stories, human self-actualization leads to the discrepancies and downfall of societies deemed dystopian. The human gut microbiome can be compared to a city struggling to be …

INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM: HOW TATTOO INK IS DISPERSED INTO THE SKIN

The integumentary system is the body’s largest organ. It refers to the skin and its associated structures such as: hair, nails, and glands. The skin provides multiple functions like; protection which provides a barrier against harmful substances, sensation- this allows the nerve ending to detect touch, pressure, pain, and temperature, …