Antonio Regalado, a senior editor for biomedicine for MIT Technology Review, wrote an article in 2014 that described CRISPR as the biggest biotech discovery of […]
Author Archives: Ethan Hoffmann
Origins of Viruses: Hypotheses and Theories
There are two competing assumptions regarding the origins of viruses: either they evolved alongside primitive cells or early in the evolution of life, or they […]
U.S. CDC Declared Chagas Disease Endemic in the United States
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States announced in September 2025 that Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is now […]
How Stress and Social Struggles Fuel the Obesity Crisis in the United States
A narrative review published on 3 September 2025 in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology by UCLA researchers highlights the growing understanding of how social and environmental […]
Cytokine Storm: Definition, Causes, and Effects
A cytokine storm is a condition characterized by an uncontrolled and excessive release of inflammatory cytokines. More specifically, it is a physiological reaction observed in […]
Orforglipron from Lilly is a Daily Oral GLP-1 Pill for Weight Loss and Diabetes
American multinational pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company has been testing its daily oral glucagon-like peptide-1 or GLP-1 pill called Orforglipron. More recent results, including […]
Oxford Researchers Discovered Sleep is Triggered by Energy Leaks in Mitochondria
Scientists at Oxford University have presented compelling evidence that the pressure to sleep may be rooted in the mitochondria of specialized brain neurons. Their recent […]
Spontaneous Combustion in Humans? Cases and Causes
Spontaneous combustion is a phenomenon in which a material or substance burns due to an increase in temperature from exothermic internal reactions, followed by thermal […]
Scientists Discovered How Smoking Drives Aggressive Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have revealed new insights into why smoking dramatically increases the risk and severity of pancreatic […]
Unusual Memory: Teenager With a Rare Case of Autobiographical Hypermnesia
In the field of neuroscience, rare conditions often illuminate hidden aspects of the human mind. Such is the case with a teenager referred to as […]