What do turkeys and bananas have in common? While they are indeed tasty, both also happen to be especially susceptible to… fungi. No, it’s not some mutant giant mushroom on a rampage that you should be worried about, but rather...
Have you ever wondered why we get fevers when we’re down with the flu? The immune system is a highly complex and efficient system of cells that carry out specific processes at a molecular level. Each one of these processes...
Remember those ‘get out of jail free’ cards in the board game Monopoly, with somewhat dubious value (i.e. you’d sell them right before you landed in jail) that could get you back in the game quicker? It turns out that...
The total cost of developing a new drug averages $2 billion USD. In addition, the process of taking a synthesized compound to the market as a drug can take years, even decades. With such high risk and no promise of...