We all know we have to eat our greens to be healthy, but have you ever considered that plants could one day do more than just fuel your body? They could save your life from one of the biggest killers worldwide—cancer [1]. For context, cancer occurs when cells divide uncontrollably
Just how important is vitamin A for our bodies? Most people do not pay attention to whether vitamin A, of all vitamins and minerals, are abundant in their diets. This is because foods fortified with vitamin A such as leafy greens, orange and yellow vegetables, eggs, milk, and fish are
Are you someone who is always anxious or suffers from anxiety disorder? Do you ever wonder why you feel the way you do? Well, evolutionary theory is used to explain a lot of human behaviours, including anxiety. Many of these behaviours are adaptive; however, some researchers argue otherwise. Anxiety is
Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent condition that is characterized by the presence of endometrial tissues in areas outside of the uterus, namely in the ovaries or even outside of the pelvis [2] (see Figure 1). It is an inflammatory condition that is often associated with pelvic pain and infertility [4]. Adenomyosis
Dyslexia is a common neurobiological learning disorder that is characterized by difficulty reading with accurate/fluent word recognition and spelling [1]. These difficulties, such as mispronouncing words, hesitant/punctuated speech disfluencies, difficulty reading new/unfamiliar words, and spelling errors, result from deficits in the phonological component of language (see Figure 1) [2]. Existing
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a rare disorder affecting about 30,000 Americans; it is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder that is inherited through an autosomal dominant gene, meaning the inheritance of only one mutated allele (a part of a gene) is sufficient to cause the trait of the disease (Vonsattel et al.,
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic musculoskeletal disorder in the world, with more than 500 million people affected worldwide (6% of the global population) (Hunter, March, & Chew, 2020). It is twice as common in women than men and increases in incidence with age, specifically after 60 years of
Figure 1. SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins inhibit the type I interferon (IFN) signaling pathway. Interferons are responsible for interfering with viral replication and inducing an antiviral state, or immune response, within the host. During viral infection, specific transcription factors, such as NF-kB, stimulate interferons to initiate an immune response. A transcription
