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Bone Diseases
Bone Diseases: refers to the medical conditions which affect the bone. Some bone diseases are Bone Cancer, Bone Density, Bone Infections, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Osteonecrosis, Osteoporosis, Paget's Disease of Bone, Rickets, and there are others. Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease, which is characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone structure. Osteoporosis can be prevented, as well as diagnosed and treated.
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APR 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Most patients in a recently concluded clinical trial displayed improvement in the form of slower progression of amyotrop ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 24, 2015Neuroscience
Milk has long been associated with healthy bones, but a new study from the University of Kansas Medical Center might hav ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Cardiology
To find out how blood flow in the heart shields against the hardening of valves in cardiovascular disease, researchers u ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 11, 2015Cancer
A new study of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a blood cancer that primarily affects young children, has revealed th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that a novel stem cell gene therapy method could lead to a one-time, lasting treat ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Most animal embryos contain three layers of cells that transform into every part of the body - from brains to bones to g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 23, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
It's impossible to overstate the importance of having a healthy liver, but I'd be hard-pressed to extol the virtues of t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeOCT 01, 2014Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. About 1 in 8 (12%) women in the U ...JUL 21, 2014Immunology
New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, published in the current issue of JAMA Pediatrics, i ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 20, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
When Hendrikie van Andel-Schipper died in 2005 at the age of 115 she was the oldest person in the world. A research team ...Written By: Peter MicheliFEB 26, 2014Microbiology
We ask a lot of our teeth, and they are incredibly durable. Not only are they durable during our lifetime, they outlast ...FEB 11, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Thanks to the relatively recent development of genome mapping, scientists have been able to delve deeper than ever into ...DEC 08, 2013Cell & Molecular Biology
In a historic first, human stem cells have been coaxed to transforming into living, functioning lung and airway cells. A ...
APR 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Most patients in a recently concluded clinical trial displayed improvement in the form of slower progression of amyotrop
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 24, 2015
Neuroscience
Milk has long been associated with healthy bones, but a new study from the University of Kansas Medical Center might hav
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Cardiology
To find out how blood flow in the heart shields against the hardening of valves in cardiovascular disease, researchers u
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 11, 2015
Cancer
A new study of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a blood cancer that primarily affects young children, has revealed th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that a novel stem cell gene therapy method could lead to a one-time, lasting treat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Most animal embryos contain three layers of cells that transform into every part of the body - from brains to bones to g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 23, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's impossible to overstate the importance of having a healthy liver, but I'd be hard-pressed to extol the virtues of t
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
OCT 01, 2014
Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. About 1 in 8 (12%) women in the U
...
JUL 21, 2014
Immunology
New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, published in the current issue of JAMA Pediatrics, i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 20, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
When Hendrikie van Andel-Schipper died in 2005 at the age of 115 she was the oldest person in the world. A research team
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
FEB 26, 2014
Microbiology
We ask a lot of our teeth, and they are incredibly durable. Not only are they durable during our lifetime, they outlast
...
FEB 11, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Thanks to the relatively recent development of genome mapping, scientists have been able to delve deeper than ever into
...
DEC 08, 2013
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a historic first, human stem cells have been coaxed to transforming into living, functioning lung and airway cells. A
...