Hi! My name is Michelle G, I chose the biomedical pathway because the medicine and science field has aways captured my attention. There is never ending adventure you can find out one thing but then it leads you to another and you end up discovering something mind blowing and it feels like a chain, you... Continue Reading →
Chapter 1:Begley’s Bombshell- Michelle G
At the beginning of this chapter Richard harris starts off the chapter strong saying what he thinks " Each year about a million biomedical studies are published in the scientific literature. And many of them are simply wrong." (Pg 7) When I read that one sentence I was instantly hooked on because I knew this... Continue Reading →
Chapter 3: A Bucket Of Cold Water- Michelle G
At the beginning of chapter 3 Richard harris talks about a deadly disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS for short. He continues on and talks about the ice bucket challenge that went viral in 2014. Many people including some of my friends participated in this challenge. I never really knew why it was done... Continue Reading →
Busted!-Michelle G
In chapter 6 lot's of information was thrown at us. At the beginning of the chapter Researchers at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) commenced a new test one that would help detect ovarian cancer in women. This 'new test" made headlines and the researchers even made the... Continue Reading →