Welcome back to the new semester of Honors Bio! Already I am incredibly behind, and am posting most of my information right now. But it's okay, for most of everything will go well in the future.
As of this point, all of the blogs will be on a weekly basis. Most of the stuff I covered in the two or three classes during the week will be present on a single post titled with the week number (since the first week of the semester). I love the process: it allows me more time to focus on the fundamentals of biology, and can assist in the addition of more information in each post.
This week was the transition into the Cancer Paper. Our task was to research a certain cancer and aspect of it, and write a paper explaining our topic. In class today, the main goal was the research of the cancer. As I am usually forgetful, I had to resort to researching via my Iphone.
Glioblastoma Multiforme is one of the deadliest brain tumors in the world. Everyone who contracts any form of the cancer is doomed to die, usually within the first 15 weeks. There is no cure, and patients can only count down the potential days that remain. So, naturally, it was the first one towards which I was leaning. I researched several possible cures for it, including the application of Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy, but did not find a close-to-successful cure. However, a promising study that combined Targeted Radiation Therapy and Drug-Loaded Nanocarriers produced a favorable result. Although it is very juvenile, this study will most likely be the basis for the paper.
A link to the paper can be found here.
(This site is pure gold, 10/10 would recommend to future researchers.)
Wish me luck, and hope my tendency to procrastinate doesn't get the best of me.
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