by Olwen Reina | Jan 13, 2017 | Trends
Like with any part of the body, your brain can get injured. You may have heard this referenced under many names such as a concussion, stroke, shaken baby syndrome, cerebral contusion or a traumatic brain injury. Our brain is a huge part of who we are and so a brain...
by Olwen Reina | Feb 27, 2017 | Trends
Previously, we looked at Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). To recap, a TBI is an injury to the brain as a result of an external force, such as blow to the head. It is a complex injury with a broad spectrum of disabling symptoms. TBI is most common in children under 15...
by Olwen Reina | Mar 16, 2017 | Trends
While chatting to a friend, I noticed a rolled up magazine in his bag. It caught my eye because it was open on a page with Sudoku on it. “Oh hey! I didn’t know you enjoyed Sudoku. When did that happen?” I queried amusedly. You see my friend...
by Olwen Reina | May 3, 2017 | Trends
When I was about 6 or 7 years old, I watched Stephen Hawking beat Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and an android in a game of poker. I’m not kidding, I really did! Of course it was on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The android, Data, in an attempt to...
by Olwen Reina | May 17, 2017 | Trends
“Hello and welcome to our biobank! How can I help you today?” “I’d like 20 aliquots of blood from Caucasian males aged 30-40 years old who were exposed to asbestos.” “Coming right up! Would you like a list of blood types with that?” Human biobanks are like libraries...
by Olwen Reina | Jul 18, 2017 | Trends
Every middle school biology student is told the same lies. Well, perhaps it’s more fair to say the same, “incredible oversimplifications of the truth”. In biology 101, I was told that the nucleus is the “brain of the cell”, the membrane is the “wall of the cell” and...
