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Blood Culture
Blood culture is a diagnostic test that checks for pathogens (e.g., bacteria, yeast) in the blood which can result from having a blood infection that can affect the entire body. A blood sample is taken from the patient and grown in broth media for bacteria to grow and be analyzed.
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MAY 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) is a crucial protein in the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Thought ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the wild, survival of the fittest for some plants and animals mean sporting lethal venoms and toxins to kill whatever ...MAY 18, 2016Cancer
The acoustic properties of a cell can give away its identity, revealing to researchers whether the cell is cancer or nor ...MAY 15, 2016Health & Medicine
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Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 08, 2016Microbiology
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Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have deployed a powerful new drug discovery technique to identify ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 01, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
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On a morning in March 2014, the South China Morning Post reported the discovery of a Megavirus, recovered from the ancie ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 29, 2015Cancer
While cancer research often focuses on genetic mutations that cause different cancers, a new study published in the jour ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 28, 2015Cardiology
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MAY 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) is a crucial protein in the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Thought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the wild, survival of the fittest for some plants and animals mean sporting lethal venoms and toxins to kill whatever
...
MAY 18, 2016
Cancer
The acoustic properties of a cell can give away its identity, revealing to researchers whether the cell is cancer or nor
...
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
APR 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ebola infection and transmission caused a huge international health crisis in 2015 in West Africa, the site of the large
...
APR 11, 2016
Cardiology
Antiviral medications used to control HIV and prevent its progression to AIDS improve the health and increase survival f
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
Around 140 years ago, American Bison were brought over to Canada from the United States state of Montana by the Blackfee
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have developed functional heart tissue in a lab. Their work can be used to help grow heart tissue patches us
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 10, 2016
Cardiology
Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 08, 2016
Microbiology
A new cell-based model of the human placenta could help explain how pathogens cross from mother to unborn child. The res
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
A drug used to treat high blood pressure could be the answer to treating and preventing Alzheimer’s disease. Alzhe
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 26, 2015
Health & Medicine
Have you ever had trouble breathing? People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have trouble breathing all
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 24, 2015
Neuroscience
At this time of year, the Christmas spirit is supposed to be all around us. In our homes with family and friends or even
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 08, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have deployed a powerful new drug discovery technique to identify
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 01, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Truvuda, also known as PrEP, is a little blue pill that is the only FDA approved drug for prophylactic prevention agains
...
NOV 19, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have known for a while that taking low daily doses of aspirin decreases the odds of a person having a heart a
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
OCT 16, 2015
Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are several risk factors that have been identified for breast cancer including age, reproductive history, hormones
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The immune system not only responds to infections and other potentially problematic abnormalities in the body. It also c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 17, 2015
Microbiology
On a morning in March 2014, the South China Morning Post reported the discovery of a Megavirus, recovered from the ancie
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 29, 2015
Cancer
While cancer research often focuses on genetic mutations that cause different cancers, a new study published in the jour
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Cardiology
Polygamy increases the risk of heart disease by more than 4-fold, according to research presented at the Asian Pacific S
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 16, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider