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Blood cancer originates in the blood and has 3 different types. It occurs when the body creates too many abnormal white blood cells and interferes the production of the other blood cells.
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DEC 03, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Doctors want to improve leukemia treatment for kids, which causes devastating side effects.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2017Immunology
The search for a safe, effective vaccine to protect billions of at-risk people from malaria continues, and the newest st ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 30, 2017Microbiology
Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow growing spirochete that was first isolated from a pig in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sp ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 24, 2017Health & Medicine
What you eat impacts your health. Thousands of studies show that a diet that includes whole grains, lean meat and fish, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 22, 2017Neuroscience
The blood-brain barrier has been referred to in research as the "holy grail." The purpose of it is to protect ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 21, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
The blood brain barrier poses a challenge to drug discovery efforts when targeting the brainWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 21, 2017Cardiology
A common ingredient in cancer drugs could also be used to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure. From Georgetown Un ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2017Technology
Foldit is a computer game that uses human ingenuity and "problem-solving intuition" to explore the behaviors of proteins ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 16, 2017Immunology
With any cancer, developing treatments is difficult because cancer cells are an abnormal version of healthy cells. Any d ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 14, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Breathalyzers have come a long way. No longer are these devices only popular for the detection of drunk drivers. Instead ...NOV 12, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Repurposing already approved drugs for new therapeutic indications to expedite new drugs being used in the clinicWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A boy whose extremely fragile skin, like that of a butterfly, has been saved by an experimental therapy. The first-of-it ...NOV 09, 2017Neuroscience
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form cancer that has a meager survival rate. Sadly, despite hundreds of research studies, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 04, 2017Genetics & Genomics
As we grow old, our skin begins to sag, our hair turns grey, and individual cells show signs of the process as well.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2017Videos
Get up out of that chair; it could kill you. Well, not exactly, but people who sit for long periods of the time have a h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 02, 2017Immunology
Five fruits from trees found in Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest may be even better for us than blueberries, blackberr ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 01, 2017Immunology
Smoking cigarettes is a habit well-known for its association with an increased risk for lung cancer, heart disease, and ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 27, 2017Videos
We've likely all experienced a lapse in our dental routine at one time or another. It's especially easy to fall asleep a ...OCT 24, 2017Immunology
T cells and B cells, two immune system cell types you want on the prowl during an infection, need a molecular push to le ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 21, 2017Videos
A new kind of treatment for some kinds of cancer has been in development for many years. Called CAR T-cell therapy, for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2017Cancer
To fuel their growth and edge out healthy cells, breast cancer cells recycle a waste product into nutrients, researchers ...OCT 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In a new study, researchers found something alarming: The ethnic and racial group at one of the highest risk for diabete ...OCT 17, 2017Immunology
The influenza vaccine may not be as effective as it needs to be for young leukemia patients, who are at an especially hi ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 10, 2017Neuroscience
The lymphatic system is the body's way of keeping cells moving along. It's an integral part of the circulatory s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 03, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Doctors want to improve leukemia treatment for kids, which causes devastating side effects.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2017
Immunology
The search for a safe, effective vaccine to protect billions of at-risk people from malaria continues, and the newest st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 30, 2017
Microbiology
Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow growing spirochete that was first isolated from a pig in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sp
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
What you eat impacts your health. Thousands of studies show that a diet that includes whole grains, lean meat and fish,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 22, 2017
Neuroscience
The blood-brain barrier has been referred to in research as the "holy grail." The purpose of it is to protect
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 21, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
The blood brain barrier poses a challenge to drug discovery efforts when targeting the brain
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 21, 2017
Cardiology
A common ingredient in cancer drugs could also be used to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure. From Georgetown Un
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2017
Technology
Foldit is a computer game that uses human ingenuity and "problem-solving intuition" to explore the behaviors of proteins
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 16, 2017
Immunology
With any cancer, developing treatments is difficult because cancer cells are an abnormal version of healthy cells. Any d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 14, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Breathalyzers have come a long way. No longer are these devices only popular for the detection of drunk drivers. Instead
...
NOV 12, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Repurposing already approved drugs for new therapeutic indications to expedite new drugs being used in the clinic
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A boy whose extremely fragile skin, like that of a butterfly, has been saved by an experimental therapy. The first-of-it
...
NOV 09, 2017
Neuroscience
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form cancer that has a meager survival rate. Sadly, despite hundreds of research studies,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 04, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
As we grow old, our skin begins to sag, our hair turns grey, and individual cells show signs of the process as well.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2017
Videos
Get up out of that chair; it could kill you. Well, not exactly, but people who sit for long periods of the time have a h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 02, 2017
Immunology
Five fruits from trees found in Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest may be even better for us than blueberries, blackberr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 01, 2017
Immunology
Smoking cigarettes is a habit well-known for its association with an increased risk for lung cancer, heart disease, and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 27, 2017
Videos
We've likely all experienced a lapse in our dental routine at one time or another. It's especially easy to fall asleep a
...
OCT 24, 2017
Immunology
T cells and B cells, two immune system cell types you want on the prowl during an infection, need a molecular push to le
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 21, 2017
Videos
A new kind of treatment for some kinds of cancer has been in development for many years. Called CAR T-cell therapy, for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2017
Cancer
To fuel their growth and edge out healthy cells, breast cancer cells recycle a waste product into nutrients, researchers
...
OCT 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a new study, researchers found something alarming: The ethnic and racial group at one of the highest risk for diabete
...
OCT 17, 2017
Immunology
The influenza vaccine may not be as effective as it needs to be for young leukemia patients, who are at an especially hi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 10, 2017
Neuroscience
The lymphatic system is the body's way of keeping cells moving along. It's an integral part of the circulatory s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim