Archive for November, 2010
British Petroleum Versus Bhopal
By Parth Chauhan, George Washington University The headlines on BBC News website on September 19th, 2010, read “Gulf oil spill ‘finally sealed,’” putting an end to a five month ordeal for the citizens of the Gulf of Mexico. [8] On April 20th, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, owned by British Petroleum, exploded, leaving eleven workers [...]
MicroRNA as an identifying biomarker for cancer
By Rohit Patil, George Washington University Ulysses S. Grant once explained that the “art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.” Cancer is a war, on its own. The patients have to [...]
Metabolic Diseases and Poverty: The Bane of the Western Diet
The geographical spread of diabetes and obesity occurs in many of the areas stricken by poverty. The pertinent question is then, does the impoverished environment cause or at least aid the development of obesity and diabetes, or is this correlation merely coincidental? Type 2 diabetes affects 7.8% of the United States population, which seems small. [...]
Seasonal Allergies: Severity in Urban Areas
There are certain images that we typically associate with seasonal allergies, the most common being sneezing and runny noses due to airborne pollen. These scenarios are commonly thought to occur in places far from the city or suburban areas, that is, places where there is a large amount of vegetation. While rural areas are commonly [...]
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