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Healthcare as a Human Endeavor
“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” - William Osler What does it mean to...
Dr. Zhang’s Drosophila Lab
Dr. Ping Zhang and his team at of the University of Connecticut have been studying the genetics of neurodegenerative diseases in the...
Learning New Sounds
Speech. A one syllable word to describe the entirety of the complexity that makes humans, human. Humans’ ability to communicate with each...
A Respected Adversary and a Barbaric Monstrosity
In today's society, the word, "cancer," is uttered in hushed tones as if to insulate it from our routine conversations. We become...
Politics in Mental Health
Donald Trump’s Plans for Mental Healthcare If the sight of another politically oriented article makes you cringe, that is completely...
Step On a Crack, You’ll Break Your Mother’s Back: Neural Regeneration Following a Spinal Cord Injury
If in your childhood you heard “Step on a crack, you’ll break your mother’s back” you knew that when you came across any cracks in the...
When UConn Meets NASA
“Mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before (apologies...
A Woman in STEM? Yes She Can!
In the last century, there have been numerous achievements that have contributed to the progression of science, technology, engineering,...
The Research Survival Guide: Q&A with Lylah Deady and Elizabeth (Liz) Knapp
The Sun Lab is located in a locked hallway in a quiet section of the Pharm/Bio building.The Sun Lab focuses on studying the mechanism of...
Does Alternative Medicine Work?
A visit to the doctor usually includes prescribed medication, bed rest, and obvious advice we can simply find online. Alternative...
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