We have one more skin system researcher to study about as we prepare for our in class discussions of skin physiology! Linlin Sun is a research associate in a laboratory at the University of Maryland. In May 2017, Dr. Sun coauthored the paper Anti-Aging Potentials of Methylene Blue for Human Skin Longevity, which appeared in the prestigious journal, Nature, and received much attention in the press. Note that the topic of the paper, methylene blue, is a chemical you have worked with in our class! Methylene blue is a very common stain used in creating microscope slides. We recently finished using methylene blue to stain slides in our histology lab.
1) Please click here to read a brief biography of Dr. Sun.
2) Then, click here to read one of the many news articles that reported on Dr. Sun's work with skin and methylene blue.
3) Finally, please take a quick look at the abstract and first paragraph of the Introduction in Dr. Sun's Nature article (or feel free to read on farther if you like!). Do NOT worry about understanding all the language or looking up unknown words. Instead, simply try to look for whichever words you might have heard before and what the broad ideas might be.
After reviewing these resources, write a 250 word or more reflection with your responses. You might wish to discuss any or all of the following topics:
1) What was most interesting or most confusing about the these resources?
2) What can you learn from these resources regarding the cells, molecules, and aging processes in the skin?
3) What do these resources tell you about the types of people that do science?
4) What new questions do you have after reviewing these resources?
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