by Olwen Reina | Mar 16, 2017 | Trends
While chatting to a friend, I noticed a rolled up magazine in his bag. It caught my eye because it was open on a page with Sudoku on it. “Oh hey! I didn’t know you enjoyed Sudoku. When did that happen?” I queried amusedly. You see my friend...
by Olwen Reina | May 3, 2017 | Trends
When I was about 6 or 7 years old, I watched Stephen Hawking beat Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and an android in a game of poker. I’m not kidding, I really did! Of course it was on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The android, Data, in an attempt to...
by Olwen Reina | Mar 4, 2016 | Disease Models
Microglia have been studied extensively for their role in various neurodegenerative diseases and brain injuries, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Epilepsy, Frontal Temporal dementias, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), ischemic injury, and...
by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Feb 22, 2019 | Disease Models
Most of us will remember from high school biology class that kidneys comprise part of the excretory system and function in toxin removal, maintaining electrolyte homeostasis and regulating the body’s acid-base balance. Beyond this, proper kidney function is also...
by Olwen Reina | Jun 11, 2016 | Disease Models
A few years ago, I got into a heated debate. The topic was: what is the largest organ in the body? My “opponent”, a very bright student studying human health and disease, insisted that the liver was the largest, while I contended that it was the skin. I...
