Pre-Med Club

Meeting Log — 4/26/2025: Learning How to Spot Limitations in Scientific Articles

For this meeting, I wanted to dive deep into something that doesn’t get enough attention when people read scientific papers: limitations. Everyone always talks about results and conclusions, but no...

Students Present Their Research Review Slides On How CRISPR Can Be Used to Treat Cervical Carcinoma Caused by HPV 4/11/2025

On 4/11/2025, the Diamond Bar High School Pre Med Club held a presentation session to showcase the research review we had been working on for the past few weeks. After spending multiple meetings...

Scientific Literature Review: Muscle Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Mice (Part 1)

This is a scientific literature review on the article Muscle Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Reverse Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Mouse Myotubes which you can find...

Meeting Recap: Students Learn How to Use ChatGPT to Dissect Complex Scientific Articles 4/1/2025

Many students still felt overwhelmed when faced with a full research article. So during our meeting on 4/1/2025, I decided to teach a session focused entirely on how to use ChatGPT as a tool to break...

Recap: Students Practice Medical Skills in Suture Workshop

Although many of the meetings for the Diamond Bar High School Pre Med Club have been focused on reviewing scientific papers and learning to write scientific literature reviews, many club members have...

Scientific Literature Review: Development and Applications of CRISPR-Cas9 for Genome Engineering

Introduction: A Revolutionary Step in Genetic Science For decades, scientists have dreamed of having the ability to modify genes with precision, to go into the very blueprint of life and make changes...

Scientific Literature Review: CRISPR Cas9 in Cardiovascular Disease

In this post, I will be presenting my scientific literature review of the following article:  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11078688/ Article Reviewed:The Use of CRISPR-Cas9 Genetic...

Scientific Literature Review: CRISPR – Adaptive Immune Systems

Article Reviewed:Terns MP, Terns RM. CRISPR-based adaptive immune systems. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2011 Jun;14(3):321-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.03.005. Epub 2011 Apr 29. PMID: 21531607; PMCID:...

Inactivation of the human papillomavirus E6 or E7 gene in cervical carcinoma cells by using a bacterial CRISPR/Cas RNA-guided endonuclease

Article Reviewed:Kennedy EM, Kornepati AV, Goldstein M, Bogerd HP, Poling BC, Whisnant AW, Kastan MB, Cullen BR. Inactivation of the human papillomavirus E6 or E7 gene in cervical carcinoma cells by...