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Due on Oct. 16, 2008
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Select a current article (within the past 6 months) about some aspect of biology to read and critique. Write a 1-2 page critique of the article.

A critique/discussion of the article typed double spaced. Summarize the main point of the article, why you picked this article, the relevance of the information to
you/society, and the validity of the information (is the article based on goodscience), and your opinion of the article.
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Bibliography Be sure to pick a valid source!Make sure the article that you select has an author. If you are using the internet, include the URL website.

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$7.50 Review of a current research article on vitamin D

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Preview: ... a and skin cancers. The sun contains ultraviolet light that can cause DNA damage to keratinocytes and skin cells. However, the sun is also what our body uses to synthesize vitamin D in the skin.

The reason I chose this article is that Americans are becoming more and more deficient in vitamin D; and our diet may not be the only culprit. Although sun screen is an effective method to prevent damaging UV light from causing skin cancer, it also blocks the skins natural conversion of inactive vitamin D into active vitamin D. The conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol into cholicalc ...

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