Lymphoma

Sunglasses at MBIS? Do you wear sunglasses? Well, at MBIS you don’t. Students at MBIS should be able to wear sunglasses at school because it can prevent eye damage and eye cancer. We should also examine why we shouldn’t to get a balanced view. Teachers at MBIS wear sunglasses, but kids aren’t allowed. Us kids are the future. Sunglasses protect the skin around your eyes. The skin around your eyes, including your eyelids, is the thinnest and most sensitive skin on your body which means that it…

over 6,000 products . Despite this products popularity, some scientists and consumers believe that although the product has been deemed safe by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aspartame is unsafe and correlated to diseases like brain tumors, lymphoma, cancer, depression, and obesity . In addition, aspartame is…

that causes infectious mononucleosis, and contains double-stranded DNA. This virus is species specific in that it only infects humans. The Epstein-Barr virus was discovered in 1964 when Michael Anthony Epstein and Yvonne Barr found it in a Burkitt lymphoma cell line. In 1968, they then linked the virus to the disease infectious mononucleosis. Once the host is infected with the virus it stays in the host for the remainder of the host’s lifetime, and lays dormant in the host’s immune system. It…

Current member of the National Honors Society (junior and senior years) participating in numerous community service oriented tasks including volunteering at a food bank, raising funds for a children’s hospital, tutoring elementary school students, and timing middle school track meets. Served junior and senior year as a leader in the Link Crew Program which links selected responsible upperclassman with incoming freshman students to support them in their transition to high school. Joined the…

Abstract: Binge drinking is a major health problem in the United States resulting in approximately 88,000 deaths per year. One important receptor tyrosine kinase that plays a role in addiction and alcohol dependence is Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK). Specifically, this enzyme is involved in a signaling cascade that relays signals to specific neurons in the nervous system. Experiments analyzing several inhibitors of ALK have found that addiction behaviors, such as cocaine sensitization and…

Alisha Wilson, a 16 year girl, was working miraculously hard to find a cure for Hodgkin's Lymphoma which is a type cancer. When she was just 5 years old, Alisha's mother was diagnosed with the same disease and it was stage 4. Throughout Alisha’s whole life, she has watched her mother trying to balance on a tightrope. When Alisha had been just 13 years old, she decided to start researching the Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Since she turned 13, she has gone through many design processes and has done more…

The third cancer, lung cancer, it very deadly. It affects a good portion of the world’s population. Lung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. This growth may start in one lung and continue to the other. The abnormal cells grow rapidly and develop into tumors. As these tumors continue to grow, they restrict the ability of the lungs to function. The lungs are not able to provide the bloodstream with oxygen. While benign tumors do not spread throughout the body, malignant tumors do.…

Over the course of my life, I have always taken pride in being a ‘people person’ with exceptional organizational and problem-solving skills and I have parlayed these strengths into a long and successful career in administration. I am currently looking to make a career move, and after learning about the Hydropothecary I know this is the type of industry I would like to move into. Not only does it fit my desire to work close to home, it's within an industry I have firmly backed and believed in…

Leukemia Leukemia is a type of cancer which attackes in the tissue responsible for the production of blood cells. It also include bone marrow and lymphatic system. Usually this type of cancer begins in the white blood cells. It destrois white blood cells ability to repel and fight off infection and various infections. Overall the growth of these cells are very sound and it is divided by the body's needs. But, in the case of leukemia ,bone marrow in the body produces a very large amount…

Norman was a very special dog who was important to our family. We first got him in the year 2001. My father had just learned heartbreaking news: he had stage four Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. We were told to prepare for his death, but instead we spent time focusing on positive things. When he was told to stay nice and clean to prevent any possible infection, he and my mother went out and got a baby pug and gave him the name Norman. As a pup, Norman was a very energetic little bugger, sometimes too…