Chapter 6,Jumping to Conclusions, focuses mainly on the current study on Ovarian cancer and how results are determined using the p-value. Baggerly had two groups of women, 50 who had ovarian cancer and 50 who did not. The goal at the time was was to see if there were any differentiating patterns among the proteins... Continue Reading →
Immediately I could tell that just by reading the first page of chapter 1 Bergley's Bombshell, was a huge slap in the face for anyone who looked up to scientists. Who saw them as people who always searched for the truth and found solutions to make the world a better place. I've always heard people... Continue Reading →
In chapter 4, Mislead By Mice I learned many important concepts when it come to treating, experimenting, testing with mice. Although they're not very accurate when it comes to see how it affect a human after being tested on a mice, scientist still continued this method. Although some scientists have expressed uncertainty and recognized the... Continue Reading →
After reading chapter 6 Jumping to conclusions I realized that the National institute of Health or the NIH and FDA or the Food and Drug Association has to do with almost everything, the snacks we eat and the medical tests the doctors offices and hospital have to offer. Such as the one that will detect... Continue Reading →
While reading chapter 5 the words cell line popped up more than a few times so I kept questioning myself and was like " Do I know what a cell line is? Did I ever learn about this?" After asking myself this question more than once I decided to look it up online because for... Continue Reading →
Chapter five of Rigor Mortis talks about breast cancer and in vitro fertilization, and how some cells have been or could be contaminated and /or mislabeled. The information which surprised me the most about this chapter was the fact that a form of breast cancer cells labeled MDA-MB-435 actually was not breast cancer, but melanoma cancer;... Continue Reading →
While reading Chapter 1, Begley's Bombshell, something that I learned which shocked me the most is that Humans have a protein called Granulocyte colony stimulating factor or G-CSF that is used in cancer treatments. I mean how does that work, is it the protein that tells you that you are cancer free after going through rounds... Continue Reading →
Hello my name is Ilianna and the reason that I am in the Biomed Pathway is because I have always wanted to help people. I have been around medicine and science all my life so I felt that maybe the way that I could be helping people is with science. My dad has a degree... Continue Reading →
Before you let out any scientific information on anything new your working on you have to make sure you have all the data, research and having done the experiment on someone or something (depending on what it is) first. Letting it out and not knowing what could happen to the people who take it is... Continue Reading →
“A poorly designed study is simply a waste of time”, (page 129). In chapter three of Rigor Mortis Richard Harris focused on all of flaws experiments to find a cure for Lou-Gehrig's disease possessed. Not only were the medications tested in clinical trials completely useless but the experiments themselves were far below average, leaving sick... Continue Reading →
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