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Biostatistics
Biostatistics: the application of statistics to a wide range of topics in biology. The science of biostatistics encompasses the design of biological experiments, especially in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture and fishery; the collection, summarization, and analysis of data from these experiments; and the interpretation of, and inference from, the results.
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AUG 21, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists at the American Cancer Society (ACS) have performed a large study that has indicated that the rates of 17 of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
There are trillions of microorganisms in the human gut, many of which serve important functions. These microbes can help ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2024Genetics & Genomics
For a long time, gene expression seemed fairly straightforward. But in recent years, researchers have revealed many surp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The human genome is contained in the nucleus of almost every cell in the body. But those cells also contain mitochondria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are a kind of mobile genetic material; in nature, they can change places in within the ge ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 02, 2023Microbiology
Kids are told to scrub behind their ears and between their toes, and for good reason. New research has investigated the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have gained new insight into an eating disorder called ARFID, and the work has revealed that genetics are ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 12, 2022Cardiology
Researchers have now had years to evaluate the efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines, and the news is good. The mRNA ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2022Cardiology
In a recent study published in World Psychiatry, an international team of researchers suggests that people with attentio ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 05, 2022Genetics & Genomics
A first of its kind study recently published in Nature Genetics that included 9,000 Americans of European or African anc ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 01, 2021Microbiology
It's been generally assumed that people who get infected with SARS-COV-2 will develop antibodies to the virus, which cau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2021Cardiology
Researchers wanted to know more about how long it would take for breastfeeding to have a positive impact.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2021Health & Medicine
Globally, more than 2 million people have died with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates ...Written By: Caroline WallaceMAR 01, 2021Genetics & Genomics
A new study reported in Nature Communications has confirmed that some small changes in certain genes in the human genome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Drug developers’ frantic hunt for vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has finally begun to bear fruit, with several vaccin ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 14, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal eLife provides evidence that statins, the common cholesterol-lowering drugs, could ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 30, 2020Cancer
When you undergo screening for breast cancer, you usually have to have a mammogram, an x-ray that looks for abnormal mas ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 20, 2020Microbiology
As the COVID-9 pandemic has spread around the world, scientists have tried to learn as much as they can about it, includ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 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 MikyskaMAR 16, 2020Cancer
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine from scientists collaborating from the Karolinska Institutet, i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 20, 2019Neuroscience
Around 44 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive form of dementia that leads to m ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 29, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
The CEO of Intel, Gordon Moore, and his 1965 paper on the topic describes the rate at which computers are improving and ...Written By: Abbie ArceMAY 24, 2019Cardiology
Incorporating fitness into your daily commute is one of the healthiest things you can do for your heart. This can be don ...Written By: Abbie Arce
AUG 21, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists at the American Cancer Society (ACS) have performed a large study that has indicated that the rates of 17 of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are trillions of microorganisms in the human gut, many of which serve important functions. These microbes can help
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
For a long time, gene expression seemed fairly straightforward. But in recent years, researchers have revealed many surp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome is contained in the nucleus of almost every cell in the body. But those cells also contain mitochondria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are a kind of mobile genetic material; in nature, they can change places in within the ge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 02, 2023
Microbiology
Kids are told to scrub behind their ears and between their toes, and for good reason. New research has investigated the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have gained new insight into an eating disorder called ARFID, and the work has revealed that genetics are ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 12, 2022
Cardiology
Researchers have now had years to evaluate the efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines, and the news is good. The mRNA
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2022
Cardiology
In a recent study published in World Psychiatry, an international team of researchers suggests that people with attentio
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 05, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
A first of its kind study recently published in Nature Genetics that included 9,000 Americans of European or African anc
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 01, 2021
Microbiology
It's been generally assumed that people who get infected with SARS-COV-2 will develop antibodies to the virus, which cau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2021
Cardiology
Researchers wanted to know more about how long it would take for breastfeeding to have a positive impact.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2021
Health & Medicine
Globally, more than 2 million people have died with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates
...
Written By:
Caroline Wallace
MAR 01, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
A new study reported in Nature Communications has confirmed that some small changes in certain genes in the human genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Drug developers’ frantic hunt for vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has finally begun to bear fruit, with several vaccin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 14, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal eLife provides evidence that statins, the common cholesterol-lowering drugs, could
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 30, 2020
Cancer
When you undergo screening for breast cancer, you usually have to have a mammogram, an x-ray that looks for abnormal mas
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 20, 2020
Microbiology
As the COVID-9 pandemic has spread around the world, scientists have tried to learn as much as they can about it, includ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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
MAR 16, 2020
Cancer
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine from scientists collaborating from the Karolinska Institutet, i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 20, 2019
Neuroscience
Around 44 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive form of dementia that leads to m
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 29, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
The CEO of Intel, Gordon Moore, and his 1965 paper on the topic describes the rate at which computers are improving and
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAY 24, 2019
Cardiology
Incorporating fitness into your daily commute is one of the healthiest things you can do for your heart. This can be don
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce