Please attend class tomorrow!
Instructor here! For many of us, Canvas is not publishing courses yet (the deadline we were told was yesterday at 1:30). Your instructors want to email you to remind you that you do have class during week zero, but we can't access our rosters : (
Geisel at Night
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Motivation all time low
Is anyone else at an all time low with their academics or is it just me? : ( I’m supposed to graduate this year but I’m doing so bad with academics and I don’t know why. Yeah the pandemic was hard but now we’re back on campus so I’m not sure exactly why I’m struggling.
Someone just stole my meal at 64 triton grill
This happened 5 minutes ago. So I'm standing at the front of the line waiting to the staff to come to the counter, and this guy suddenly comes up to my left and takes a meal without confirming his order.
Why is it so hard to make friends in college?
Tried everything but for some reason it’s taking a whileeeee before I find my people? Like I just want friends like actual friends not acquaintances and people I take pics with so people think I have friends…. ACTUAL friends who I can laugh with until I cry and who have the same energy as me!!! A bestie for the restie…. where you at!!
How do e-cigarettes help the immune system?
Such cells act as a defense against infection by clearing pathogenic microbes and initiating certain immune responses in the body. When exposed to the e-cigarette liquid, the cells were quickly overwhelmed, unable to effectively clear pathogens, resulting in gut inflammation.
Who funded the tobacco research program?
This research was funded, in part, by the National Institutes of Health (DK107585, AI141630, and HL147326) and the University of California Office of the President — Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (28IP-0024, 30IP-0965 and 26IP-0040).
How are 3D organoids made?
To produce the 3D gut organoids, the researchers collected stem cells from patients’ biopsies during colonoscopies and grew them in vitro. The stem cells differentiated into the four different cell types that make up the gut lining. The team then exposed the organoids to e-cigarette liquid vapor, mimicking the frequency of a chronic vaper.
How does e-cigarettes affect the gut?
“This is the first study that demonstrates how chronic exposure to e-cigarettes increases the gut’s susceptibility to bacterial infections, leading to chronic inflammation and other health concerns,” said Das.
What are the chemicals in e-cigarettes?
The researchers found that two chemicals used as a base for all e-cigarette liquid vapor — propylene glycol and vegetable glycerol — were the cause of inflammation. “Numerous chemicals are created when these two are heated to generate the fumes in vaping ...
Is e-cigarette use irreversible?
Ghosh said damage to the gut lining may be reversible over time if the inciting factor, in this case e-cigarette use, is eliminated, but the effects of chronic inflammation upon other organs, such as the heart or brain, may be irreversible.
Is e-cigarettes bad for you?
Touted by makers as a “healthy” alternative to traditional nicotine cigarettes, new research indicates the chemicals found in e-cigarettes disrupt the gut barrier and trigger inflammation in the body, potentially leading to a variety of health concerns.
