On October 6, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet rewarded Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 for their discoveries concerning the immune system. Their work relates to the peripheral...

On Nov. 7, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its intention to proceed with the removal of phenylephrine, a common decongestant found in a variety of over-the-counter medicinal products. Phenylephrine is an active ingredient in many allergy...

Scientific research regarding stem cells has been gaining traction lately, especially in the media. You’ve probably heard about Cristiano Ronaldo and Madonna’s experiences with it. But what are stem cells? And what does stem cell therapy do?  To...

Recently, my English class finished reading Shakespeare’s play Othello. We had to write an in-class essay discussing one of its motifs, and I chose blood. During my research session on blood during Shakespearean times, I came across the term “bloodletting”...

What is histology? What is a common cause of injury for an MCL sprain? How do you measure and record blood pressure and/or heart rate? These are just a few of the questions students will tackle as part of Cherry Hill East’s chapter of HOSA. HOSA - Future...

Cherry Hill East’s Women in Science club held a virtual meeting with Dr. Jingyi Liu via Zoom on January 11, 2022. Currently, Liu is an MBA candidate at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to studying business at Wharton, she...

A new television sci-fi crime series, Almost Human, builds on the relationship between a human police officer, John, and a sensing, feeling, and intuitive android named Dorian. What if the technology to sense artificially became a reality? What would...