Holoprosencephaly

Holoprosencephaly This project is about the complex brain malformation called holoprosencephaly. The objectives covered are “Cleavage, Blastocyst Formation, Implantation, Placental Formation, Gastrulation, Organogenesis, and Birth” and “Describe the major steps of fetal development”. Holoprosencephaly is caused by incomplete cleavage during development. Cleavage is the division of cells during development. Between …

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 …