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Continue reading →: It took me by surprise!!
By Anela Cengani I have never thought I would do research in my entire life, until this year. From highschool to my final year of my first degree, I always thought research was demanding, thethought of having to read papers, endless writing, and studying that does not stopalways made me…
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Continue reading →: Is Major Depression a Neurologic Disorder with Psychiatric Symptoms?
By Anela Cengani Image source: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in Young Adults, Eli’s place. What is major depressive disorder (MDD)?As humans, we all have our days, the good, bad, and somewhere in between. Normally, our negative emotions pass with time. However, for those suffering from MDD, low moods linger for…
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Continue reading →: Tired, Tested, Transformed.
By Samantha Levetan I’ll be honest – at times Honours has been stressful, overwhelming and pressurising.I fought hard all year to stay focused, keep my head down and get the work done,staying level-headed while pushing off a mental breakdown. Sacrificing sleep (whichI once swore to never do), social events and…
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Continue reading →: Mesothelin shedding: How cancer cells evade targeted therapies – and how we might be able to outsmart them
By Samantha Levetan In the realm of immunotherapy, the hunt for a suitable target never wavers. Thetarget of every oncology researcher’s dreams? Differentially overexpressed oncancer cells and druggable – not such an abundant find. Enter mesothelin (MSLN), a cell-surface protein whose expression was found to beupregulated in ovarian cancers. Further…
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Continue reading →: Looking back, moving forward
By Zeeka Sellidon I am currently halfway through my honours’ degree, and I can clearly say that it was nothing short of a rollercoaster. At the beginning of the year, I was filled with so much anxiety right before enrolling and had so many unanswered questions that only experience would…
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Continue reading →: IS BEING A WOMAN IN STEM REALLY AS “GIRLBOSS” AS IT SEEMS…
By Zeeka Sellidon There have been many advances in closing the gender equity gap between women and men across many fields that have empowered women and allowed them to break barriers that have existed for many years. However, a major underrepresentation of women in STEM studies still exists today. A…
