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CANCER GENETICS & EPIGENETICS
Cancer is inherently a genetic disease. Within our bodies, there is an ongoing biological battle between two categories of genes with opposing functions. On one side, there are cancer-causing genes. But on the other side, there are genes responsible for preventing this illness from arising in the first place. Read on to learn more about the genetic mechanisms behind cancer.
CYTOKINES: DEADLY STORMS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
The word “storm” might make you think of thunder and lightening, or maybe floods, tornadoes and hurricanes. These storms can cause a lot of damage and led to 2,143 injuries and 522 deaths in 2015. However, there is another kind of storm, a much deadlier storm, that in past, killed more people than WWII. This deadly storm is called a cytokine storm.
FROM PIPETTE TO GAVEL: USING DNA SEQUENCING TO COMBAT IVORY CARTELS
Using DNA analysis of ivory and dung samples from Elephants across Africa, a team at the University of Washington demonstrates how tusks shipped across the world can be linked to incriminate traffickers. This new strategy may help save African Elephants from devastating population loss due to poaching.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, AND THE PLANET IS TOO
We know that the planet is slowly dying, but what you might not know is how much your weekly cheeseburger is contributing to not only greenhouse gas emissions but also water and land depletion.