Student’s Research
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Overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine (石家庄)
Traditional Chinese Medicine, known as TCM, is based on Yin-Yang and the 5 elements. There are 5-zang (organs) and 6-fu qi, blood, and meridians. TCM emphasizes harmony and balance within the individual and the universe, categorizing cause of disease into external and internal. The important diagnostic methods of TCM include, but are not limited to:…
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Genetic Disorder Lab for Newborn Screening
Newborn screening is a public health service that identifies infants with genetic disorders, providing early treatment and preventing symptoms from becoming worse. The lab works with genetic disease, particularly rare diseases such as metabolic disease. Using a dried filter paper blood spot, the spectrometry can identify over 30 inherited metabolic disorders in a few minutes.…
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Causes of the French Revolution
Many times in history, inequality has led to people taking action to bring forth change. The British colonists in the thirteen colonies were being oppressed in many ways by England. As a result, they rebelled and created the Age of Revolutions: a series of revolutions across the entire world, with the next in line being…
