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The Brain and Sign Language — Evidence of a Universal Language Center?

The Brain and Sign Language — Evidence of a Universal Language Center?

Frankie Carr ‘22, Biological Sciences, Winter 2021 Figure: The English alphabet and numbers 1-9 as signed in American Sign Language (ASL) (source: Wikimedia Commons). Most think of the…

Anti-SLAMF7 Treatment for Multiple Myeloma by the Elimination of Immunosuppressive T Cells

Matthew Lutchko ‘23, Biological Sciences, Spring 2021 Figure: Smear preparation of bone marrow from a patient with multiple myeloma, the cancer of plasma cells (Source: Wikimedia Commons). Activated…

CellChat Enables Biologists to Understand Cellular Communication

Palin Narsian, Biological Sciences, Spring 2021 CellChat, an open-source R package, provides researchers with the tools to understand how cells communicate (Source: Pixabay). The human body is an…

Are There ‘Supertaskers’ Among Us?

Collins Kariuki, Biological Sciences, Spring 2021 Figure 1: Shows a graphic of an animated, and relaxed ‘supertasker’. Though there is evidence that multitasking is not beneficial, Watson &…

Regulating Regulatory T Cells to Fight Cancer

Frankie Carr ‘22, Biological Sciences, Spring 2021 Figure 1: The different ways a tumor can provide protection for itself through Treg (seen as circular, pink cells above) recruitment….