Whitney Nicanor Mabwi Staff Writer, Moi University Linkedin Envelope Writer Bio I am currently a freshman at Moi University, College of Health Sciences pursuing a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree. In my free time I write articles for my blog on scientific exploits and try to magnify hypotheses, am also involved in a podcast …
Cover Image: Melanoma in a skin biopsy with H&E stain.. (Source: Wikimedia Commons, KGH) Melanomas, like most cancers, result from genetic mutations that effect cell cycle proteins, causing uncontrollable cell replication. These mutations can occur as a cell is replicating and differentiating from pluripotent cell lineages into more specialized forms. In melanomas, the onset of a …
Cover Image: A patient being prepared for radiation therapy. (Source: Wikimedia Commons, Rhoda Baer) INTRODUCTION Something we should all be cognizant of is the lack of inclusivity in both cancer trials and in post-marketing drug sales. This is a problem which often owes to economic disparities: those with fewer resources have poorer health and well-being …
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Lead Authors: Dina Rabadi1, Sarah Matatov2 Co-Authors: Carolina Guerrero1, Nina Klee1,Whitney Nicanor Mabwi3, Bamlak Messay1, Yu Quan Ng4, Melanie Prakash1, Andrew Sasser1, Jillian Troth1 Dartmouth College1, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2, Moi University3, Williams College4 Cover Figure: A clipboard surrounded by various drugs and delivery methods to treat cancer, showing the vast options and challenges …
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Figure 1: The start of metastasis – the movement of tumor cells from the initial site of tumor growth to other regions of the body Source: Wikimedia Commons Metastasis is an outcome that often turns treatable cancer into a fatal disease. It occurs when circulating tumor cells acquire the ability to penetrate the walls of lymphatic or blood vessels; …
Figure 1: Predicted secondary structure and sequence of a retron msr RNA with a sequence conservation metric that compares phylogenetic sequence alignments between species Source: Wikimedia Commons The gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 is considered to be one of the most significant inventions of the 21st century. Its developers, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, were awarded …
Figure 1: Cell culture in a Petri dish Source: Wikimedia Commons Melanomas are one of the rarest but most deadly skin cancers. Just like other cancers, earlier detection often results in better prognosis due to early intervention measures like chemotherapy. Unlike other cancers, however, early detection of melanomas is often a challenge due to technical …
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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 …