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Plastic as a cure for cancer?

Nishi Jain 21′ Historically, plastic has been filed alongside tobacco, asbestos, and miscellaneous parabens as a carcinogen, or cancer-causing agent. Scientists continue to warn against overexposure to it…

New Enzymes Allow for More Precise CRISPR Gene Editing Techniques

Bryn Williams 23′ The gene editing tool CRISPR has garnered widespread popularity in recent years. The tool allows researchers to alter gene sequences, allowing for a medical experience…

Psychedelics and Mental Health: A Therapeutic Breakthrough?

Audrey Herrald 23′ Robin Carhart-Harris is the Head of the Centre for Psychedelic Research, Division of Brain Sciences, and Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. Last week,…

Engineering: The Bright Future of Augmented Reality

Dev Kapadia ’23 While many common items in our society fall short of the function their names promise (auto-mobiles don’t drive themselves and smart-phones aren’t actually that smart…

Ebola’s Role in the Fight Against Brain Cancer

Anahita Kodali 23′ Ebola, one of the deadliest modern diseases known, has a mortality rate of about fifty percent with severe symptoms; even when not fatal, symptoms of…