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Biochemistry
Biochemistry: the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. By controlling information flow through biochemical signaling and the flow of chemical energy through metabolism, biochemical processes give rise to the complexity of life.
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APR 01, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Many people use sugar substitutes so that they can taste the sweet stuff without consuming as many calories. It's estima ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 30, 2025Microbiology
People are often told to stay active and eat healthy foods for good health. But there is still plenty of debate about wh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 30, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria can easily evolve, and can quickly gain resistance to drugs. Drug-resistant bacterial infections already cause ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists and clinicians have long sought biomarkers that can reveal biological age, and the mechanisms that drive agin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2025Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Genes have to be expressed in the right place, at the time, and at the right levels. Scientists wanted to know more abou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2025Earth & The Environment
Researchers have performed an updated analysis of an ancient child that was discovered in 1998 in the Lapedo Valley of P ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 10, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Some dogs, like Labrador retrievers, are prone to obesity. Scientists have investigated the genetics of British Labrador ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbial communities that live in Yellowstone National Park are diverse and complex. The park is home to numerous f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Whenever the immune system fights a pathogen, it has a memory of that invader, or possibly, a vaccine that mimics an inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have identified a compound in ginger that could treat some symotoms of inflammatory bowel disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2025Earth & The Environment
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract can have a significant influence on human health and disease, and this ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Preeclampsia is a complication that arises in 5-8% of pregnancies. It causes high blood pressure (hypertension) and may ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually fatal about 15 to 20 years after a patient is diagn ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
There are many molecules with therapeutic potential, but it can be a challenge to deliver them to the right places at th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Inflammation serves crucial biological functions, such as in the response to infections and healing. But persistent or u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have linked roughly five percent of adult cancers to mutations in genes called FOCAD and TTC37. Another gene ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2025Technology
How can the field of synthetic biology help improve engineered living materials (ELMs)? This is what a recent study publ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 05, 2025Microbiology
Antibiotics are a crucial tool in the fight against bacterial infections. But the World Health Organization has long war ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2025Earth & The Environment
Plastic materials are in widespread use, and this tough stuff sticks around in the environment. When plastic packaging, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2025Earth & The Environment
When PFAS were developed, companies found a huge number of ways to apply them to different products. But while they have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Transcription factors are proteins that can bind to DNA and affect the expression of genes; some are known as master reg ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2025Microbiology
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that can occur when the body is trying to fight an infection. Now scientists know ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many people use sugar substitutes so that they can taste the sweet stuff without consuming as many calories. It's estima
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2025
Microbiology
People are often told to stay active and eat healthy foods for good health. But there is still plenty of debate about wh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria can easily evolve, and can quickly gain resistance to drugs. Drug-resistant bacterial infections already cause
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists and clinicians have long sought biomarkers that can reveal biological age, and the mechanisms that drive agin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2025
Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genes have to be expressed in the right place, at the time, and at the right levels. Scientists wanted to know more abou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Researchers have performed an updated analysis of an ancient child that was discovered in 1998 in the Lapedo Valley of P
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Some dogs, like Labrador retrievers, are prone to obesity. Scientists have investigated the genetics of British Labrador
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbial communities that live in Yellowstone National Park are diverse and complex. The park is home to numerous f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Whenever the immune system fights a pathogen, it has a memory of that invader, or possibly, a vaccine that mimics an inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have identified a compound in ginger that could treat some symotoms of inflammatory bowel disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract can have a significant influence on human health and disease, and this
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Preeclampsia is a complication that arises in 5-8% of pregnancies. It causes high blood pressure (hypertension) and may
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually fatal about 15 to 20 years after a patient is diagn
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are many molecules with therapeutic potential, but it can be a challenge to deliver them to the right places at th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Inflammation serves crucial biological functions, such as in the response to infections and healing. But persistent or u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have linked roughly five percent of adult cancers to mutations in genes called FOCAD and TTC37. Another gene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2025
Technology
How can the field of synthetic biology help improve engineered living materials (ELMs)? This is what a recent study publ
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 05, 2025
Microbiology
Antibiotics are a crucial tool in the fight against bacterial infections. But the World Health Organization has long war
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Plastic materials are in widespread use, and this tough stuff sticks around in the environment. When plastic packaging,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2025
Earth & The Environment
When PFAS were developed, companies found a huge number of ways to apply them to different products. But while they have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Transcription factors are proteins that can bind to DNA and affect the expression of genes; some are known as master reg
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2025
Microbiology
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that can occur when the body is trying to fight an infection. Now scientists know
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch