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Brain Cancer
Brain Cancer: Cancer of the central information processing center of the body. Tumors in the brain can be malignant or benign, and can occur at any age. Only malignant tumors are cancerous. Primary brain tumors cancer initially forms in the brain tissue.
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FEB 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Childhood brain cancers may fare better with proton beam therapy than conventional radiotherapies, say researchers from ...FEB 02, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has solved a long-standing mystery in cell biology by ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)FEB 01, 2016Cancer
Engineers are developing a handheld microscope, roughly the size of a pen, that could help surgeons see at the cellular ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 29, 2016Health & Medicine
A drug used to treat high blood pressure could be the answer to treating and preventing Alzheimer’s disease. Alzhe ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Precision medicine makes its way to one of the most complicated organs in the body: the brain. Researchers from the Univ ...JAN 27, 2016Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire. ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 20, 2016Neuroscience
The brain is pretty much the body’s supercomputer. While the heart keeps blood pumping, the lungs keep air flowing ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 14, 2016Cannabis Sciences
Scientists have known for a while that marijuana definitely affects brain chemistry, function and structure. Studies hav ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 06, 2016Neuroscience
The neurodegenerative disease known as ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) has no cure and no known cause. Sometimes ref ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 04, 2016Neuroscience
As anyone who has survived a stroke can attest, recovery is often very difficult. Depending on the area of the brain, th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 29, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study may open the door for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) drug treatment. Researchers from the University of ...DEC 24, 2015Microbiology
People suffering from leukemia or lymphoma are particularly vulnerable to mold diseases such as aspergillosis and mucorm ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 24, 2015Videos
In 2014 the most common cancer diagnosis was breast cancer, followed by prostate, lung, colon, skin, and brain cancer. B ...DEC 17, 2015Neuroscience
Glioblastomas or GBMs are the most devastating kind of cancer tumor found in the central nervous system in adults. Tumor ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 15, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r ...NOV 25, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
To predict breast cancer progression, doctors have turned to mathematics and computer programming. Using these unconvent ...NOV 24, 2015Immunology
A large number of people diagnosed with depression experience an inability to feel pleasure, and antidepressants don' ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
What happens when a nanoscience polymer expert, a biomedical engineer, and a couple of surgeons get together? Possibly a ...NOV 21, 2015Videos
The humble pigeon, commonly referenced as a public nuisance or a pea-brained "rat with wings," may have earned its most ...NOV 19, 2015Health & 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 ChiaetNOV 19, 2015Videos
While the conventional wisdom is that drugs are bad for you, there is a growing amount of information that marijuana isn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 16, 2015Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB, is essentially the gatekeeper of the brain. Certain substances can pass through it, but ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 09, 2015Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 22, 2015Videos
The average height of a fully-grown male in the United States is 5' 9.5", which means anyone around that height figure i ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Childhood brain cancers may fare better with proton beam therapy than conventional radiotherapies, say researchers from
...
FEB 02, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has solved a long-standing mystery in cell biology by
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 01, 2016
Cancer
Engineers are developing a handheld microscope, roughly the size of a pen, that could help surgeons see at the cellular
...
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
JAN 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Precision medicine makes its way to one of the most complicated organs in the body: the brain. Researchers from the Univ
...
JAN 27, 2016
Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 20, 2016
Neuroscience
The brain is pretty much the body’s supercomputer. While the heart keeps blood pumping, the lungs keep air flowing
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 14, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
Scientists have known for a while that marijuana definitely affects brain chemistry, function and structure. Studies hav
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 06, 2016
Neuroscience
The neurodegenerative disease known as ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) has no cure and no known cause. Sometimes ref
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 04, 2016
Neuroscience
As anyone who has survived a stroke can attest, recovery is often very difficult. Depending on the area of the brain, th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 29, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study may open the door for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) drug treatment. Researchers from the University of
...
DEC 24, 2015
Microbiology
People suffering from leukemia or lymphoma are particularly vulnerable to mold diseases such as aspergillosis and mucorm
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 24, 2015
Videos
In 2014 the most common cancer diagnosis was breast cancer, followed by prostate, lung, colon, skin, and brain cancer. B
...
DEC 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Glioblastomas or GBMs are the most devastating kind of cancer tumor found in the central nervous system in adults. Tumor
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 15, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r
...
NOV 25, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
To predict breast cancer progression, doctors have turned to mathematics and computer programming. Using these unconvent
...
NOV 24, 2015
Immunology
A large number of people diagnosed with depression experience an inability to feel pleasure, and antidepressants don'
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
What happens when a nanoscience polymer expert, a biomedical engineer, and a couple of surgeons get together? Possibly a
...
NOV 21, 2015
Videos
The humble pigeon, commonly referenced as a public nuisance or a pea-brained "rat with wings," may have earned its most
...
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
NOV 19, 2015
Videos
While the conventional wisdom is that drugs are bad for you, there is a growing amount of information that marijuana isn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 16, 2015
Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB, is essentially the gatekeeper of the brain. Certain substances can pass through it, but
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2015
Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 22, 2015
Videos
The average height of a fully-grown male in the United States is 5' 9.5", which means anyone around that height figure i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard