CBD? Let’s clear the air. Cannabidiol (CBD) is just one phytocannabinoid of over 80, and researchers are uncovering more phytocannabinoids all the time. CBD is everywhere (CBD beers and kombuchas, CBD for dogs, CBD gum, you name it), but do you have an accurate understanding of what it really is? I’ll just tell you right…More
Category Archives: General Science
Cancer Treatment Saves the Life of an HIV Patient – For the Second Time
I’m finally finding time to finish a blog post on the announcement Nature made earlier in March with a pretty big headline subject: for only the second time ever, an individual infected with HIV is “cured” – as much as it is humanly possible to be cured of HIV – via stem cell transplant. University…More
Tattoo Removal
When I think of tattoo removal, I think of Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother getting his lower-back butterfly tattoo removed and meeting the infamous Stella in the process. Also this: I think a lot of us have heard that getting a tattoo removed is even more painful than getting the tattoo in…More
Tattoo Healing
30 states require tattoo artists to provide aftercare instructions, and rightly so. Proper aftercare is super important for maintaining the integrity of the design and preventing infections. Saniderm Tattoo Healing Every tattoo artist has their own preference for tattoo healing, and the shop I went to – Canvas Tattoo & Art Gallery in Charlotte –…More
Getting the Tattoo
What’s happening to your skin when you’re getting a tattoo? Getting a tattoo is like getting multiple injections of ink in a concentrated location on the skin – of course usually in a meaningful pattern according to the tattoo design. Tattoo needles take the ink through the epidermis (outer layer) into the dermis (second layer).…More
Let’s Talk About Tattoos
Well folks… #ScienceKara got a tattoo and (obviously) was very intrigued about the process of getting a tattoo and how it heals afterward (I’m a low-level hypochondriac) and thus, a blog post was born. I started writing this and realized that there’s a lot of interesting stuff in the realm of tattoo science, so I’m…More
What You Haven’t Heard About the “Brain-Eating” Amoeba
“The number of yearly cases of death resulting from this rare amoebic infection is so low that there is absolutely no reason to think that the White Water Center is any more dangerous than a lake or any other fresh water body of water.”More
Thinking About Immune Cells…
In a recent poll of my Twitter followers, I asked (on a whim while writing an article for work) what their favorite lymphocyte was. Cytotoxic T cells (Tc cells) were the clear winner (disclaimer – Twitter only allows four choices. There are of course many other lymphocytes to choose from). Tc cells are also known as…More
Capturing Truly Renewable Energy
Scientists have reached a major milestone in the search for renewable energy, and it is in the form of an altered enzyme encased in a protective viral capsid. From Indiana University, lead researcher Trevor Douglas and his team used two Escherchia coli (E. coli) genes, hyaA and hyaB to produce hydrogenase in the lab. E.…More
The Truth About Sunscreen and SPF
The CDC lists increasing exposure to UV light as “the most preventable cause” of skin cancer, the most common cancer in the United States. This includes natural sunlight or artificial sunlight from tanning beds. Since we can’t wear full-body protective suits every day to prevent unwanted sun exposure, we use sunscreen to protect our skin…More
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