The Science Journal - Volume 3, Issue 1 - Spring 2010
Cover Pictures:
Top - The Nerve Cells of the Retina
Center - Dissected aorta with atherosclerotic lesions, page 57
Bottom - Clostridium difficile bacteria, page 10
Executive Editor
Sara Brummer
Associate Editors
Margo Abitbol
Leah Lebel
Sara E. Levy
Leah Markowitz
Esther Rosenwasser
Tova Spira
Cindy Steinmetz
Chaya Stern
Emeritus Editors
Rivka H. Borger
Michelle Gordon-Grunin
Emeritus Editors
Rivka Borger
Michell Gorden-Grunin
Faculty Advisor
Robert S. Bresssler Ph.D.
Chairman of Undergraduate Biology Programs
Aliza Holtz, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Alan B. Levine, D.C.
Department of Biology
Milton Shiffenbauer, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Lander College of Arts and Sciences
A Division of Touro College
Flatbush Campus
1602 Ave J
Brooklyn, NY 11230
718.252.7800
tourosciencejournal@gmail.com
Table of Contents
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Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer: an Analysis of Fetal Treatment Risk
Melissa Barnett
Clostridium difficile Associated Disease (CDAD)
Rivka H. Borger
Aspartame: A Sweet Toxin?
Atara Rena Degani
Folic Acid and Neural Tube Defects
Rachel Leah Feinstein
Cholera: An Overview of a Disease
Ezriel Leifer
Atherosclerosis and Antioxidants
Yehoshua Lewis
Excitoxicity in Retinal Ischemia and Treatment Using Non-Competitive Receptor Antagonists
Jacob Rube
The Nerve Cells of the Retina
Penina Winkler
