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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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JAN 30, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Chicken eggs have been used for over 70 years to produce vaccines. Now they could be used to reduce the cost of making c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2019Immunology
Bone marrow from a donor contains healthy immune cells whose mission is to protect the body from invaders. Immune cells ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlJAN 30, 2019Cancer
Doctors from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York recently published a paper in Nature detai ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJAN 30, 2019Chemistry & Physics
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AT2018cow, also commonly referred to as the ‘the Cow,’ was an incredibly bright flash of light that astronom ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 29, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
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New research published in Nature Climate Change explains how climate change is affecting long-established atmospheric an ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 29, 2019Genetics & Genomics
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When birds and fish move around, they often do so in large groups. These groups are called flocks in the bird world, but ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2019Space & Astronomy
It’s a big year for commercial space companies like Boeing and SpaceX; both have worked extraordinarily hard to br ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing system is usually paired with an enzyme called Cas9. Researchers have now created a new CRISPR e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2019Microbiology
A growing number of pathogenic microbes are gaining resistance to antibiotics, and the genes that confer that resistance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2019Plants & Animals
There’s no question that many people resort to nature-centric photography as an exciting pastime; but while this a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 27, 2019Microbiology
Alzheimer's is more likely in the aged, but the exact causes were unclear. New work shows that it may stem from a brain ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
In this work, researchers found that an enzyme called GSK3 is a critical regulator of kidney function.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Insulin is critical to the control of the amount of glucose in the blood. Problems with insulin levels cause diseases li ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2019Neuroscience
A recent article was recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience looking at the effects of multiple diff ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJAN 25, 2019Cardiology
Reports of concussions, a type of traumatic brain injury, in youth sports are on the rise. These injuries are most preva ...Written By: Abbie ArceJAN 24, 2019Technology
Scientists have developed a 3D-printed flexible mesh robots that can be controlled via magnetics while floating on water ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 24, 2019Microbiology
Unsurprisingly, microbial pathogens and related issues, like a growing hesitancy surrounding the use of vaccines, make u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are getting closer to modeling complex diseases that affect multiple genes in an animal.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2019Cannabis Sciences
We have discussed in this newsletter about how marijuana, in some people, can cause psychosis. This usually occurs with ...Written By: Amy Loriaux
JAN 30, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Chicken eggs have been used for over 70 years to produce vaccines. Now they could be used to reduce the cost of making c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2019
Immunology
Bone marrow from a donor contains healthy immune cells whose mission is to protect the body from invaders. Immune cells
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
JAN 30, 2019
Cancer
Doctors from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York recently published a paper in Nature detai
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 30, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
The development of autonomous vehicles has picked up tremendous momentum in the recent decade. Armed with technologies s
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 30, 2019
Cardiology
Children who have autism are at a higher risk of physical inactivity. This is, in part, because characteristics of the d
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 29, 2019
Space & Astronomy
AT2018cow, also commonly referred to as the ‘the Cow,’ was an incredibly bright flash of light that astronom
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
About 23% of people carry a genetic mutation that predisposes them to get arrhythmia after a heart attack, and researche
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Climate Change explains how climate change is affecting long-established atmospheric an
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 29, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that alcohol may be exerting an epigenetic effect on heavy or binge drinkers.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2019
Neuroscience
In an expansive review of the literature, Dr. Nancy Kanwisher, Ph.D. and colleagues from Harvard University describ
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 28, 2019
Plants & Animals
When birds and fish move around, they often do so in large groups. These groups are called flocks in the bird world, but
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It’s a big year for commercial space companies like Boeing and SpaceX; both have worked extraordinarily hard to br
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing system is usually paired with an enzyme called Cas9. Researchers have now created a new CRISPR e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2019
Microbiology
A growing number of pathogenic microbes are gaining resistance to antibiotics, and the genes that confer that resistance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2019
Plants & Animals
There’s no question that many people resort to nature-centric photography as an exciting pastime; but while this a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 27, 2019
Microbiology
Alzheimer's is more likely in the aged, but the exact causes were unclear. New work shows that it may stem from a brain
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
In this work, researchers found that an enzyme called GSK3 is a critical regulator of kidney function.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Insulin is critical to the control of the amount of glucose in the blood. Problems with insulin levels cause diseases li
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2019
Neuroscience
A recent article was recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience looking at the effects of multiple diff
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 25, 2019
Cardiology
Reports of concussions, a type of traumatic brain injury, in youth sports are on the rise. These injuries are most preva
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 24, 2019
Technology
Scientists have developed a 3D-printed flexible mesh robots that can be controlled via magnetics while floating on water
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 24, 2019
Microbiology
Unsurprisingly, microbial pathogens and related issues, like a growing hesitancy surrounding the use of vaccines, make u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are getting closer to modeling complex diseases that affect multiple genes in an animal.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
We have discussed in this newsletter about how marijuana, in some people, can cause psychosis. This usually occurs with
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux