bcm441 Understanding Prostate Cancer 25 Apr 20182 May 2018 Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer for men in the world. In fact, only lung cancer, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer affect more people. With…
bcm441 SUMOylation: Wrestling with the Regulation of APC/C 29 Mar 20188 Apr 2018 The paper can be accessed here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03486-4 The image above depicts the SUMOylation and ubiquitination of ACP/C through its APC4 domain to add ubiquitins to KIF18B to ensure an…
bcm441 Reflection Blog 3 – Review Article Organization 15 Mar 2018 By searching through the literature, I was able to focus my topic to the TMPRSS2-ERG mutation in prostate cancer. I will start the review by giving a general introduction to…
bcm441… Connections in the Microbiome. 20 Feb 201824 Feb 2018 This figure is taken from the Castaño-Rodríguez et al. paper. In part C, it shows the connection between different bacteria present in the stomach. Boxes that are dark purple are…
bcm441 Reflection Blog 2 9 Feb 2018 The human body is just like any incredible complex machine. There are many extraordinary things that we can accomplish. Unfortunately, since our bodies are extremely complex we can suffer when…
bcm441 Fatty Acid β-oxidation Leads to Epigenetic Changes to Promote Lymphangiogensis 25 Jan 201826 Jan 2018 The lymphatic system is important to various biological processes such as clearing harmful metabolites, collecting dietary lipids, and controlling the amount of water in one’s system. Additionally, there are roles…
bcm441 What exactly is Biochemistry? 22 Jan 2018 What is “biochemistry”? This is a common question often heard at any family gathering when one starts to study biochemistry. People often think it is a quick way to say…
