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ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. "A" means no. "Myo" refers to muscle, and "Trophic" means nourishment - "No muscle nourishment."
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MAR 19, 2019Plants & Animals
A plethora of the globe’s marine animals are in trouble, but one of the most notable is that of the Mediterranean ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2019Earth & The Environment
Flooding in the Midwest has reached dangerous levels, with the death toll currently at three people and another two miss ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 19, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have determined that increasing muscle mass could be a life-saver.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2019Space & Astronomy
Before NASA’s precedent-setting New Horizons spacecraft flew past Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) Ultima Thule on New Yea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Thousands of genes are needed to generate the machinery that carries out photosynthesis.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2019Technology
As we age, our vision natural changes—it becomes weaker. Vision changes can also be due to multiple other factors ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 18, 2019Plants & Animals
Scientists have long been captivated by frog tongues. Frogs have perhaps one of the most interesting tongues in the enti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2019Health & Medicine
Scientists uncover new "viral oncogenes" that allow HPV to turn healthy cells into cancer cells, while evading the immun ...Written By: Carly BoydMAR 18, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Cystic fibrosis affects around 700,000 people worldwide. New research has found a potential treatment for patients that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2019Space & Astronomy
It’s been several decades since NASA last sent astronauts to the Moon in the name of science, and in an announceme ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2019Microbiology
K. stuttgartiensis is a model anammox microorganism - it's an anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes ammonia / Image: Laura v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2019Plants & Animals
A bit of fun and exciting news for all those animal lovers out there: April the Giraffe from New York’s renowned A ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2019Microbiology
Some astronauts have lived onboard the International Space Station for hundreds of days. Researchers are learning more a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder impacting as many as 200,000 people in the US, and is thought to often go undiagn ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Many medications contain stuff like lactose or food dyes that can cause minor side effects in some people.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2019Videos
More than 500 million people depend on the Ganges River as their main source of water. The Ganges River also holds ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 17, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society highlights the impact that coal-fired powe ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 16, 2019Microbiology
While cleaner areas have stable levels of microbial diversity, that effect is counteracted by resistances there that are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2019Health & Medicine
Sleep gives the mind an opportunity to rest and the body an opportunity to heal itself. It is recommended to have at lea ...Written By: Liat Ben-SeniorMAR 14, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Whole Foods wants to sell you pot (probably...). Actually, they are eager to sell you pot "accessories", but m ...Written By: Amy LoriauxMAR 14, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Cirrhosis accounts for 31,000 deaths per year. Approximately 3.5 to 4.6 million people in the U.S. are chronic ...Written By: Amy LoriauxMAR 14, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers took a biomedical approach to examine the impact of two different pesticides on gene expression in bees.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2019Technology
By intercepting and analyzing wireless signals, someone can have the ability to hack into a person’s pacemaker or ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 13, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The number of individuals diagnosed with liver cancer is on the rise and current therapies are largely ineffective. Howe ...Written By: Nouran Amin
MAR 19, 2019
Plants & Animals
A plethora of the globe’s marine animals are in trouble, but one of the most notable is that of the Mediterranean
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Flooding in the Midwest has reached dangerous levels, with the death toll currently at three people and another two miss
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 19, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have determined that increasing muscle mass could be a life-saver.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Before NASA’s precedent-setting New Horizons spacecraft flew past Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) Ultima Thule on New Yea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Thousands of genes are needed to generate the machinery that carries out photosynthesis.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2019
Technology
As we age, our vision natural changes—it becomes weaker. Vision changes can also be due to multiple other factors
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
Scientists have long been captivated by frog tongues. Frogs have perhaps one of the most interesting tongues in the enti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2019
Health & Medicine
Scientists uncover new "viral oncogenes" that allow HPV to turn healthy cells into cancer cells, while evading the immun
...
Written By:
Carly Boyd
MAR 18, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cystic fibrosis affects around 700,000 people worldwide. New research has found a potential treatment for patients that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It’s been several decades since NASA last sent astronauts to the Moon in the name of science, and in an announceme
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2019
Microbiology
K. stuttgartiensis is a model anammox microorganism - it's an anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes ammonia / Image: Laura v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
A bit of fun and exciting news for all those animal lovers out there: April the Giraffe from New York’s renowned A
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2019
Microbiology
Some astronauts have lived onboard the International Space Station for hundreds of days. Researchers are learning more a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder impacting as many as 200,000 people in the US, and is thought to often go undiagn
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many medications contain stuff like lactose or food dyes that can cause minor side effects in some people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2019
Videos
More than 500 million people depend on the Ganges River as their main source of water. The Ganges River also holds
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 17, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society highlights the impact that coal-fired powe
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 16, 2019
Microbiology
While cleaner areas have stable levels of microbial diversity, that effect is counteracted by resistances there that are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2019
Health & Medicine
Sleep gives the mind an opportunity to rest and the body an opportunity to heal itself. It is recommended to have at lea
...
Written By:
Liat Ben-Senior
MAR 14, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Whole Foods wants to sell you pot (probably...). Actually, they are eager to sell you pot "accessories", but m
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
MAR 14, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Cirrhosis accounts for 31,000 deaths per year. Approximately 3.5 to 4.6 million people in the U.S. are chronic
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
MAR 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers took a biomedical approach to examine the impact of two different pesticides on gene expression in bees.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2019
Technology
By intercepting and analyzing wireless signals, someone can have the ability to hack into a person’s pacemaker or
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 13, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The number of individuals diagnosed with liver cancer is on the rise and current therapies are largely ineffective. Howe
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin