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Lord Charité Igirimbabazi

Lord Charité Igirimbabazi Staff Writer, Dartmouth College Linkedin Writer Bio I am a member of the Dartmouth College Class of 2024. I plan to major in Chemistry and minor in Computer science. On campus, I write for the Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal Science and am a part of the Sandford Lab that focuses on the design …

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An Introduction to the Ebola Virus

Cover Image: Blood sample of a patient infected by the Ebola virus. (Source: Public Domains Pictures, ChiccoDodiFC) Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe, often lethal infection caused by Ebola virus. Ebola victims present with symptoms such as an acute hemorrhagic fever, severe headache, weakness, and fatigue (Jacob et al., 2020). EVD epidemics typically start …

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Single Cell RNA Sequencing Enhances Understanding of Tumor Genetic Diversity

Figure 1: Researchers have shown that tumor cells are a mixture of cancer cells and normal cells. Distinguishing malignant cells and nonmalignant cells in the tumor microenvironment is critical for understanding tumor cell gene expression (Source: Flickr, NIH Image Gallery). Single Cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq), a transcriptomic analysis tool, has become important in cancer research …

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Human Endogenous Retroviruses Might Unlock a New Field of Neurodegenerative Disease Research

Figure 1: Researchers have found viral genetic materials within the human genome which are the result of retroviruses that infected our ancestors millions of years ago. Scientists refer to these viruses as human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs). HERVs have been linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). (Source: Public Domain Pictures, Виталий Смолыгин) Viral …

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ICJS Writers

This page is a historical record of past and present ICJS writers and writing projects From the Fall of 2020 to the Spring of 2022, ICJS writing revolved around the work of individual staff writers writing solo articles. Each ICJS staff writer is listed below and a page with their individual work is linked. Since …

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