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The Effects of Interferons on COVID-19.

September 16, 2020

The number of COVID cases in the U.S. alone has well surpassed six million, and is still climbing daily. This is obviously a growing and dangerous pandemic that is rendering a lot of conversation for a cure. Some recent studies … Read more

Can Fat Really be Beneficial to Medicine?

September 16, 2020

Many people are concerned about the amount of fat on their body. People feel they have too much or not enough and will go through body altering surgeries to take care of their insecurities. However, a recent study conducted by … Read more

Mesenchymal Stem Cells: The Cure to COVID-19?

September 15, 2020

Since December 2019, COVID-19 has ravaged across the globe, affecting the lives of millions. As of September 14, 2020, there have been over twenty-nine million cases of COVID-19 worldwide with deaths from this virus climbing every day (Okeke 2020). About … Read more

A Low-Cost Method to Detect the Toxins in Your “Detox Tea”

September 15, 2020

Detox teas are flooding social media feeds, as A-list celebrities advertise these “revolutionary” beverages to young audiences. Advertisements claim that detox tea can quickly rid the body of fat and toxins (Auguste et al. 2019). However, detox teas are the … Read more

Week Five Reflection

September 14, 2020

Ahhh… a much needed three day weekend! This school week was only four days due to labor day… Thank goodness! During these chaotic and tiring times, plenty of students, myself included, have felt like a hamster frantically running on a … Read more

Week 4 Reflection: Finally Settling Down

September 7, 2020

Well, what a first few weeks of college these have been! In these abnormal times we all are living in, really, we all are just trying to get through the ocean of life as smoothly as possible in these rocky … Read more

Fourth Week Reflection – Emily Hassink

September 7, 2020

Somewhere in the middle of this fourth week, it finally hit me: I’m a college student. The week before, we had been given two days off to allow students to both figure out their living situations, and to just generally … Read more

Week 3: The Whirlwind Week

August 31, 2020

By: Chris Hewgley Week three at UNC was very unusual. The previous week, students received the news that the majority of on-campus students must leave due to the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases in Chapel Hill. This caused everyone’s world … Read more

Third Week Reflection

August 31, 2020

One… two… pause… three! Our third week started with a much needed pause of classes after main campus occupancy fell from 60.5% to 15.1% in just one week. These two days “off” were spent in various ways: students packed up, … Read more