By Wang Jia Hua The proverbial saying “You are what you eat” is one that we are all too familiar with, but it appears that nutrition is not the only dietary factor influencing our mental and physical health. Recent research strongly supports the role of microbial communities in our guts in shaping our brain function,Continue reading “Food for thought: the gut-brain axis”
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The potential medicinal use of psilocybin in the treatment of major depressive disorder
By Morgan Phelps This review article will aim to focus on the potential for the medicinal and therapeutic use of psilocybin to treat major depressive disorder (MDD). The ‘feel good hormone’ serotonin (5-HT) is a neurotransmitter and is believed to play a large role in MDD (Berger et al, 2018). On a basic level, itContinue reading “The potential medicinal use of psilocybin in the treatment of major depressive disorder”
Cancer and Gene Therapy
By Wei Yi Ooi DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is known as the universal basic unit of life. It is a double stranded, complementary polynucleotide molecule intertwined together in an antiparallel manner, forming a double helix. The nucleotide sequences in DNA provide the genetic information needed for biological functions of growth, development and reproduction of almostContinue reading “Cancer and Gene Therapy”
Why dogs could be the key to understanding the evolution of the human mind
By Jemima Frame Scientists estimate that dogs (Canis familiaris) were the first animal to be domesticated, sometime between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago . Consequently, they were often shunned by ethologists studying animal minds, due to the idea that domesticated animals were not as intelligent as their wild counterparts. In 1994 Vilmos Csányi, an internationallyContinue reading “Why dogs could be the key to understanding the evolution of the human mind”
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