Sting the Pain Away

Insects of all sorts are attracted to me, I sit for a few seconds on my porch and I realize twenty bugs have already stung me. That's when I wonder about there existence. I still don't know why mosquitoes exist but bees on the other hand have a more useful purpose besides moving nectar around.  I was recently stung by a bee and that's when I realized why? I decided to look into this and I found that Bee venom may be helpful to arthritis suffers. I found this extremely interesting and I decided to look more into it! 
It turns out that this didn't only interest me, at Georgetown University in Washington D.C, a one-year preliminary study of bee venom to treat multiple sclerosis will be conducted. This I found so amazing, since I would even be interested in implementing bee venom into my studies.  
Been venom contains a substance called adolapin, which is anti-inflammatory and pain-blocking. Bee venom is also said to increase blood circulation and reduce swelling.
Although I have not looked to much into this, there will be differently more post on this in the future, and more post in general to come! Sorry for not posting in a while school and life have kind of gotten in the way!

Comment Below If You Want Me To Discuss Something New Next Week! Thanks!

Bee

The Role of Vitamin D in Multiple Sclerosis

In Multiple Sclerosis (MS) there is a abundant amount of evidence that suggest that a higher intake of vitamin D, or higher levels of vitamin D may delay the onset of MS or improve the condition/state of the course. Studies showed that many MS patients have low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, especially during relapses. This may be because when patients fall under illness there Vitamin D levels will drop. Although low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are associated with relapses of MS. A clinical study even found that vitamin D intake reduced relapses and the rate they occurred in. It has also been shown that higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels have been associated with improved T cell function.

It has also been widely hypothesized that MS patients who move farther away from the equator experience a progressive increase of cases and relapses. In fact pupils who live near the equator and the tropics rarely ever develop MS.

These points suggest that vitamin D levels may play a role on the onset of MS. However it has not been shown that vitamin D supplements prevent the development of MS, or help lower relapse rates.Further observations will be posted later! 

Under Pressure

 

First I would like to apologize, my summer blog plan kind of failed. Because it is now July and I have not posted since. I have been really busy with school planning, research, eating,and breathing. Alot of it was also related to procrastionation but I seriously have been busy. I thought that my next few post would be related to the human brain and techniques for learning. I think this may be a good idea since school is going to start in a month. I also will be discussing school related topics/subjects and do a bit of a crash course type thing. I will also be posting new science discoveries, and of course research updates. I have been under alot of pressure, but hope to do alot more with this blog. Look out of for those school post/tips and thank you for waiting!

Summer Plans and Updates

Hello!
I have recently been extremely busy with school work, and research. But school is officially out, and that means summer is officially here! I have many plans/goals for this summer, so I would like to take this chance to update you guys!

Blog Update 
June- Daily Blog Posts (Except On Weekends)
         Monday- Questions (Ex. Why is Ice Slippery?)
         Tuesday- Science News
         Wednesday- Miscellaneous
         Thursday- MS Events/Fundraising Progress (This May Change)
         Friday- Research (Personal)
July- Weekly (Saturdays)
August- Every Other Week (Saturdays)

Just Ask
This summer on Mondays I will be doing blog posts on simple questions I find my self pondering on, but this summer if you have a question you can comment it and I will do a post about it!

Science News
On Tuesdays, I will be looking at new science discoveries, and new technology using science magazines! I will take my favorite ones and then I will blog about them!

Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous will be more of my typical blog posts, I will take a basic subject such as "Cancer" and I will just give you guys a basic in detailed lesson about it! These are usually things I do not know much about either so its also a learning experience! If you are interested in a subject please comment it on a post and I will post about it!

MS Events/ Fundraising Progress
I was recently nominated to be a MS ambassador/ and I am a activist! Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that deserves so much awareness! On Thursdays I will try my hardest to explain something/anything about MS and I will update you on what you can do to help the disease! Although I may have trouble updating on this topic every Thursday, this is a topic that is close to my heart and I will try my hardest!

Research

This summer I will be on a pretty intense research schedule, and I will continue MS research. I am really excited for the new year, and a fresh start. Although the idea process is pretty difficult I can not wait to get my hands on new articles, ask questions, and meet new people! This summer I will be updating this blog weekly with my research updates (Fridays)! This will give you guys the opportunity to see what exactly a high school researcher does! This will be different from the MS Event post, since those will be volunteer events!

Youtube?

I have been thinking about this for a really long time and one of my summer goals is to start a Youtube channel with my sister who also has a science blog! It would be very science based and its a chapter in our lives that we are hoping to open! It would be a lot of work and time consuming so we are still thinking about it,  once we have our decision made it will be posted! 

Thank You So Much, Stay Wired/Connected! 

PLANNING FOR THE LONG TERM: TAKING ACTION TODAY

If you have any free time, and are interested in reading please do! Also follow the National MS Blog!

http://www.msactivist.blogspot.com/

PLANNING FOR THE LONG TERM: TAKING ACTION TODAY

Tick Tock on the Clock

I have always had a strange obsession with clocks. Although I never really payed attention to the different types.

Clocks are made to give us precision through out the day. Clocks measure time. To learn more about time view a previous blog post. All clocks have a couple of requirements. They must first have a power source, a "time base", and finally they must have a way to display information.

There are many kinds of clocks. First the sundial, which was first used in 3500 B.C

  

The hour glass was the next innovation. Hourglasses were accurate, but required attention. They work the same way as water clocks which rely on gravity to move some object from a higher to a lover position on a regular fashion. 

Pendulums were a great advancement in technology, although they were expensive. This means that the whole town relied on one clock. 

Chronometers had increased the accuracy of time keeping and made it possible for men at sea to fix their position in the ocean. This technology also made advances in watches. 

Digital clocks were the next advancement: they assist in the operation of other devices such as movie recorders, and computers

Atomic clocks have increased the accuracy of time! They are also commonly found! 

Stay Curious xD!

Why Red Blood Cells look Like Donuts

I was looking at a slide of red blood cells under a microscope and I noticed something I never really caught, red blood cells look like donuts. Most cells do not have this shape to them so why do red blood cells look like donuts?
Well red blood cells don't really like donuts they actually look like "biconcave" disk. That means they are round but there side concave inwards.

The "biconcave" disk shape is created by a particular protein which is present in the outer membrane and holds it into shape. Red blood cells play the special role of carrying oxygen to all parts of your body. Red blood cell go through blood vessels to do so. The red blood cells have to be really flexible to squeeze through capillaries, capillaries can be the size of a strand of hair, this means that there smaller then the blood cells. Red blood cells have to "denuclei". They literally drop their nuclei and therefore the "biconcave" shape appears. Red blood cells don't need there nuclei to reproduce, they are reproduced in bone marrow after four months! They natural recycle!

Stay Curious xD!