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Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine is a broad term encompassing a variety of medical modalities. They are treatments that are used along with standard medical treatments but are not considered to be standard treatments. Herbalism is an example of alternative medicine.
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SEP 29, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. Researchers have begun to look for novel ways to fight ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
An alternative oxidase enzyme from a sea squirt that acts on the mitochondria can work as a fail safe. As such, it can p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Most people take for granted that they can walk down the street while thinking about their day. Or drive to work without ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 15, 2016Microbiology
Scientists have linked the microbiome, the community of bacterial organisms that reside in our gut, with myriad health c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 12, 2016 – A new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) sho ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Many cancer patients with leukemia will undergo stem cell transplants as part of their treatment plan. The problem is th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 07, 2016Cardiology
Nearly one-third of the American adult population has high blood pressure, or hypertension. Various classes of antihyper ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2016Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly ...Written By: Jennifer EllisAUG 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Mylan, makers of the famed EpiPen recently came under public fire for increasing the price of its life-saving device to ...AUG 28, 2016Microbiology
The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the world’s deadliest infectious pathogens. Those bacteria are a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2016Neuroscience
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both names for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These di ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 21, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: J E Theriot/Flickr There’s a new way to make tiny knotted and interlocked chemical structures that h ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Can the staph superbug, also known as MRSA, be brought down by salt? Scientists finally expose a key weakness in these b ...AUG 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Michigan Technological University, publishing in the journal Organic Letters, have created a novel process ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2016Neuroscience
When a person sleeps, the brain is still very hard at work. Everything that someone sees, does or learns in the average ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Fainting spells are common, but it’s difficult to determine whether a person fainted from benign issues or from ot ...JUL 07, 2016Cardiology
Whether you let it all out or bottle it up, arguments between spouses align with specific health problems, report resear ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 07, 2016Health & Medicine
Traditional beta-blockers target beta1-adrenergic receptors, which helps to prevent heart cells from dying and exacerbat ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 01, 2016Immunology
Autophagy is a natural process that occurs in the body to remove defective proteins, potentially misfolded or aggregated ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 21, 2016Immunology
Current vaccines target only a small percentage of the more than 90 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumonia. But re ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 21, 2016Neuroscience
There has been an increasing amount of attention on an interesting, legal drug known as kratom that purportes to help ea ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUN 03, 2016Microbiology
Clostridium difficile loves to infect the gut, and these infections (CDIs) can be nasty and difficult to treat. These sp ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 31, 2016Neuroscience
For many people, whether it’s a business trip, a vacation or just a visit to a friend, sleeping in a new place cou ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 15, 2016Health & Medicine
Approximately 468,000 individuals are on dialysis for kidney failure. Dialysis is a life-saving procedure, but it is not ...Written By: Cassidy Reich
SEP 29, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. Researchers have begun to look for novel ways to fight
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
An alternative oxidase enzyme from a sea squirt that acts on the mitochondria can work as a fail safe. As such, it can p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Most people take for granted that they can walk down the street while thinking about their day. Or drive to work without
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 15, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists have linked the microbiome, the community of bacterial organisms that reside in our gut, with myriad health c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 12, 2016 – A new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) sho
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Many cancer patients with leukemia will undergo stem cell transplants as part of their treatment plan. The problem is th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 07, 2016
Cardiology
Nearly one-third of the American adult population has high blood pressure, or hypertension. Various classes of antihyper
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
AUG 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mylan, makers of the famed EpiPen recently came under public fire for increasing the price of its life-saving device to
...
AUG 28, 2016
Microbiology
The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the world’s deadliest infectious pathogens. Those bacteria are a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both names for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These di
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 21, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: J E Theriot/Flickr There’s a new way to make tiny knotted and interlocked chemical structures that h
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Can the staph superbug, also known as MRSA, be brought down by salt? Scientists finally expose a key weakness in these b
...
AUG 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Michigan Technological University, publishing in the journal Organic Letters, have created a novel process
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2016
Neuroscience
When a person sleeps, the brain is still very hard at work. Everything that someone sees, does or learns in the average
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Fainting spells are common, but it’s difficult to determine whether a person fainted from benign issues or from ot
...
JUL 07, 2016
Cardiology
Whether you let it all out or bottle it up, arguments between spouses align with specific health problems, report resear
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 07, 2016
Health & Medicine
Traditional beta-blockers target beta1-adrenergic receptors, which helps to prevent heart cells from dying and exacerbat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 01, 2016
Immunology
Autophagy is a natural process that occurs in the body to remove defective proteins, potentially misfolded or aggregated
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 21, 2016
Immunology
Current vaccines target only a small percentage of the more than 90 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumonia. But re
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 21, 2016
Neuroscience
There has been an increasing amount of attention on an interesting, legal drug known as kratom that purportes to help ea
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUN 03, 2016
Microbiology
Clostridium difficile loves to infect the gut, and these infections (CDIs) can be nasty and difficult to treat. These sp
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 31, 2016
Neuroscience
For many people, whether it’s a business trip, a vacation or just a visit to a friend, sleeping in a new place cou
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
Approximately 468,000 individuals are on dialysis for kidney failure. Dialysis is a life-saving procedure, but it is not
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich