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Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune Disease: an illness that causes the immune system to produce antibodies that attack normal body tissues. When your body attacks itself, It sees part of your body as a disease and tries to combat it.
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APR 25, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from Queen Mary University in London have discovered a specific autoimmune protein that may cause OCD-relate ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 25, 2020Cardiology
Hospitals around the US have reported that people aged between 20 and 50 with no risk factors are dying from strokes aft ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 21, 2020Health & Medicine
It can feel like COVID-19 news is consuming the country, and taking all the toilet paper and N95-masks with it. N ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAPR 20, 2020Immunology
T cells go through a sort of “training” process throughout life, and scientists recently discovered that the ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 20, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus causea huge range of symptoms, and researchers are learning more about the worst cases, which may h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2020Immunology
As of April 9th, over 60% of deaths from COVID-19 in New York state were men. Meanwhile, as of April 6, 82% of patients ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 15, 2020Immunology
Researchers from the US and China have found that COVID-19 can destroy T cells, a type of lymphocyte that plays a key ro ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 10, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, a therapeutic previously used for cancer t ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 08, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Current MS treatments must be applied early on in the disease to be effective, and do not reverse the damage that's alre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Diabetes is a disorder in which the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar levels because of a problem with insulin.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2020Health & Medicine
Since early statistics began to emerge from China, it seemed that COVID-19 tended to affect older people more than young ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 13, 2020Immunology
A drug commonly used to treat certain types of malaria has been found to have some surprising synergistic effects: havin ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 05, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
In the US alone, around 187,000 children and adolescents have Type 1 diabetes, alongside 1.4 million people aged 20 and ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 13, 2020Immunology
A study published in Human Immunology has described, for the first time, a link between an immunosuppressive prot ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 28, 2020Immunology
Toxoplasma gondii suppresses the immune system of the hosts it infects – human or otherwise – just enough to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 22, 2020Cancer
A new study describes how a molecule named VISTA has been impeding immune responses in cancer therapies. By turning this ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 14, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Some genetic mutations are due to a change in only one base of the genetic code, while others involve large regions of t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic testing revealed that our ancestors have been eating wheat, rye, spelt and barley for over 8,000 years. Today, g ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 08, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Intense, debilitating pain that can last for days. Nausea, numbness and sensitivity to light. For people who experience ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 20, 2019Neuroscience
Research is increasingly pointing towards the importance of the gut-brain axis in regulating our health. Not only has th ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 17, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
When scientists assess the impact of a treatment like a drug on cells, they usually generally rely on large populations ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Cystic fibrosis is caused by a genetic mutation, but small changes other genes appear to influence the severity of the d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Biomedical researchers at the University of California—Riverside, found that the therapeutic drug ‘tofacitin ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 29, 2019Immunology
Destroying human cells compromised by viruses and cancer is the name of the game for so-called “killer” cell ...Written By: Kara Marker
APR 25, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from Queen Mary University in London have discovered a specific autoimmune protein that may cause OCD-relate
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 25, 2020
Cardiology
Hospitals around the US have reported that people aged between 20 and 50 with no risk factors are dying from strokes aft
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 21, 2020
Health & Medicine
It can feel like COVID-19 news is consuming the country, and taking all the toilet paper and N95-masks with it. N
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 20, 2020
Immunology
T cells go through a sort of “training” process throughout life, and scientists recently discovered that the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 20, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus causea huge range of symptoms, and researchers are learning more about the worst cases, which may h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2020
Immunology
As of April 9th, over 60% of deaths from COVID-19 in New York state were men. Meanwhile, as of April 6, 82% of patients
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 15, 2020
Immunology
Researchers from the US and China have found that COVID-19 can destroy T cells, a type of lymphocyte that plays a key ro
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 10, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, a therapeutic previously used for cancer t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 08, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Current MS treatments must be applied early on in the disease to be effective, and do not reverse the damage that's alre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Diabetes is a disorder in which the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar levels because of a problem with insulin.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2020
Health & Medicine
Since early statistics began to emerge from China, it seemed that COVID-19 tended to affect older people more than young
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 13, 2020
Immunology
A drug commonly used to treat certain types of malaria has been found to have some surprising synergistic effects: havin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 05, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
In the US alone, around 187,000 children and adolescents have Type 1 diabetes, alongside 1.4 million people aged 20 and
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 13, 2020
Immunology
A study published in Human Immunology has described, for the first time, a link between an immunosuppressive prot
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 28, 2020
Immunology
Toxoplasma gondii suppresses the immune system of the hosts it infects – human or otherwise – just enough to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2020
Cancer
A new study describes how a molecule named VISTA has been impeding immune responses in cancer therapies. By turning this
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 14, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Some genetic mutations are due to a change in only one base of the genetic code, while others involve large regions of t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic testing revealed that our ancestors have been eating wheat, rye, spelt and barley for over 8,000 years. Today, g
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 08, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Intense, debilitating pain that can last for days. Nausea, numbness and sensitivity to light. For people who experience
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 20, 2019
Neuroscience
Research is increasingly pointing towards the importance of the gut-brain axis in regulating our health. Not only has th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 17, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
When scientists assess the impact of a treatment like a drug on cells, they usually generally rely on large populations
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Cystic fibrosis is caused by a genetic mutation, but small changes other genes appear to influence the severity of the d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Biomedical researchers at the University of California—Riverside, found that the therapeutic drug ‘tofacitin
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 29, 2019
Immunology
Destroying human cells compromised by viruses and cancer is the name of the game for so-called “killer” cell
...
Written By:
Kara Marker