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Shea Dockan
4th year Biological Sciences
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What do you enjoy about being a part of MSO? Or if you are a new member, why did you join MSO?
I enjoy learning about scientific and medical topics that I might have not known about before.
What are your academic and/or professional interests?
I am interested in infectious diseases, politics, and ecology.
What do you enjoy doing in your free time, or what is a “fun fact” about you?
I was a swimmer in high school!
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Read Our Latest |
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Over the month of October, MSO writers and editors have been continuing the organization’s mission to expand health and scientific literacy by creating quality, enjoyable articles on current scientific developments. In this newsletter, we highlight our team’s amazing work published under MSO’s three committees: health and wellness, medicine and pharmacy, and global and local research.
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Redlining’s Legacy: Food Deserts, Insecurity, and Health
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Written by Tonya Mukherjee and Edited by Mehr Bawa
The discriminatory practice of redlining has long lasting effects in the present everyday lives of inhabitants of low socioeconomics areas. Redlining even determines the accessibility of grocery stores which in effect can harm the diet and health of many individuals.
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Activism Fatigue: The Mind is a Powerful Resource of Change
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Written by Elizabeth Montoya and Edited by Josephine Chan
While fighting for the rights of others, it is easy to ignore our own mental and physical health. Read more to learn how to identify and treat activism fatigue.
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Studies Reveal That Molecules in Bitter Melon Extract Reduce Tumor Growth |
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Written by Sharmin Shanur and Edited by Mehr Kaur Bawa
“…when cancerous cells are treated with bitter melon extract (BME), the expression of genes involved in glycolysis, or the energy making mechanisms, in the cancer cells is greatly reduced…”
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Cancer of the Bone Marrow and Blood |
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Written by Mohammed Majrashi and Edited by Mehr Kaur Bawa
“AML renders the bone marrow incapable of producing healthy blood cells. When that happens, critical blood cell functions, such as fighting infections, cannot be carried out; the bone marrow begins producing abnormal white blood cells that develop into cancerous cells…”
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Viral Signs of Immunotherapy
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Written by Christina Young and Edited by Mehr Bawa.
“One of the most prevalent diseases that blurs the immune system’s distinction between self and non-self is cancer, masses of one’s own non-functional cells that accumulate. Since cancer tumors are composed of one’s own cells, they have the ability to escape attack by the immune system and continue to cause harm to one’s body [1].”
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The Ethics of Animal Experimentation
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Written by Ashima Seth and Edited by Kevin Liu.
“For several decades, the use of non-human animals as test subjects in medical research has been a topic of serious contention, involving several arguments… Over time “laboratory animals” have come to be viewed as just that — organic equipment that is property of the laboratory [2].”
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© 2020 Morning Sign Out at UCI
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