by Connor Borden Resting in a small crevice of the dark and rustic Rising Star cave in South Africa for tens of thousands of years—undisturbed by the evolving world around them—slept around fifteen individuals of a human ancestor previously unknown...

Syed Rahman “Our results demonstrate an unsuspected link between the cancer-causing abilities of some cells and abnormal circadian and metabolic rhythms, which we surmise to be advantageous for cancer.” -Chi Van Dang (Director of the Abramson Cancer Center) Cancer is...

Jessica Meng Imagine this: You have Hepatitis C. Caused by the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), Hep C can cause serious liver disease and impair liver function. As people cannot live without the liver (unless you want to get renal dialysis,...

Kush Fansiwala As Dr. Saul Krugman strolled through the grounds of the Willowbrook State School of Staten Island in the early 1950s, an excitement overtook him. The directors of the school had just asked Krugman, an expert in Infectious Disease...

William Shin What are Antibiotics? Antibiotics are commonly used in treatment as they can inhibit and kill off bacterial infections. These same antibiotics are produced from bacteria naturally found in soil as well as fungi. Although these natural strains can...

Elad Mashiach Rare diseases are diseases that are the least prevalent and most difficult to treat. Yet, these pique the most interest from the scientific community. The treatments in this large group of diverse, complex diseases have little to no...