Osteoporosis

I am covering the objective of how bone development is hormonally regulated in primary osteoporosis. The medium I have used is a painting comparing a healthy bone and a bone with osteoporosis. I will also be comparing a human body that has osteoporosis and one that does not.  Osteoporosis is …

Osteoporosis and How Bone Growth is Hormonally Regulated

My STEAM project explains the objective of how bone growth is hormonally regulated and how it relates to the occurrence of osteoporosis. Sex hormones and PTH regulate the activity of osteoblastic and osteoclastic cells (Almeida et al, 2016). Osteoblasts function to produce new bone tissue. Sex hormones and mechanical stress …

Limb Regeneration

This is a book I made to talk about limb regeneration. I compare humans to axolotls. Since axolotls are able to regenerate limbs, I decided to use them to narrorate my book. There are actually different types of species around the world that can regenerate limbs, but not humans. One …

Applications of Forensic Histopathology in Ethylene Glycol Poisoning

It’s well known that pathology plays a critical role in the diagnosis of disease, identifying abnormal processes at a cellular level. Histopathology also has applications in forensics, helping to determine if cause of death is potentially unnatural and intentional. For my STEAM project I’m highlighting the identification of calcium oxalate …