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Brain Diseases
Brain Diseases: is a broad term for any brain disease that alters brain function or structure. The top three most common brain diseases are - Epilepsy, ALS, and Parkinson's Disease.
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SEP 17, 2016Videos
Most biology textbooks will tell you that photoreceptors are either rods, which are for seeing in low levels of light in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2016Immunology
Treatment options for autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) are complicated, because inhibiting the immune sy ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 15, 2016Videos
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat. It's aggressive and spreads quickly. It's also pretty s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 15, 2016Neuroscience
In January of 2016, a law enacted in the UK changed the landscape of the market for “smart drugs” known as & ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 13, 2016Neuroscience
The science on psychedelic drugs is a mixture of dire warnings about bad trips and the possible benefits some of the min ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 12, 2016Neuroscience
Air pollution in highly industrialized urban areas has been implicated in diseases like cancer and respiratory illnesses ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
When the bones of an infant’s skull fuse too early, the growing brain is dangerously confined to a small space, ca ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2016Cardiology
Nearly one-third of the American adult population has high blood pressure, or hypertension. Various classes of antihyper ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2016Cancer
For years, the standard of care for people whose lung cancer has spread to the brain was to administer brain radiotherap ...SEP 07, 2016Neuroscience
The Mediterranean diet is one that is known to be heart healthy. Study after study has shown that eating a diet that is ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Oxygen is a pretty amazing chemical element, without which life would not be possible. Now researchers at the Washington ...SEP 05, 2016Neuroscience
A rare but often fatal heart condition known as Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) is getting some new attention from a study done ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The beloved actor Gene Wilder died earlier this week from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was one of the ...SEP 01, 2016Neuroscience
Organ donation is one of the best ways to save a life. Every day thousands of patients on waiting lists for hearts, kidn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Neurons signal to each other throughout the body using a connection called a synapse. While they are very small, they ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Microcephaly is a rare developmental defect that causes an infant’s head to be smaller than normal at birth. While ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems that Zika cases are increasing daily. Amid this public health crisis, researchers are discovering new insight i ...AUG 25, 2016Cancer
The unpredictable progression of melanoma makes it one of the most deadly form of skin cancers. Now researchers say they ...AUG 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles are infamous buzzwords in the scientific community, referring to two thought-to-be ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For the 44 million people worldwide who are affected by Alzheimer’s disease, and the countless more who are at ris ...AUG 21, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a new genetic mutation in a patient that presented with a prev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The most intricate man-made origami structure may pale in comparison to the body’s natural origamis: 3-dimenstiona ...AUG 19, 2016Cardiology
Atherosclerosis is a major cause of multiple cardiovascular complications: coronary heart disease, carotid artery diseas ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 17, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f ...
SEP 17, 2016
Videos
Most biology textbooks will tell you that photoreceptors are either rods, which are for seeing in low levels of light in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2016
Immunology
Treatment options for autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) are complicated, because inhibiting the immune sy
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 15, 2016
Videos
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat. It's aggressive and spreads quickly. It's also pretty s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 15, 2016
Neuroscience
In January of 2016, a law enacted in the UK changed the landscape of the market for “smart drugs” known as &
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 13, 2016
Neuroscience
The science on psychedelic drugs is a mixture of dire warnings about bad trips and the possible benefits some of the min
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Air pollution in highly industrialized urban areas has been implicated in diseases like cancer and respiratory illnesses
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
When the bones of an infant’s skull fuse too early, the growing brain is dangerously confined to a small space, ca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2016
Cardiology
Nearly one-third of the American adult population has high blood pressure, or hypertension. Various classes of antihyper
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
For years, the standard of care for people whose lung cancer has spread to the brain was to administer brain radiotherap
...
SEP 07, 2016
Neuroscience
The Mediterranean diet is one that is known to be heart healthy. Study after study has shown that eating a diet that is
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Oxygen is a pretty amazing chemical element, without which life would not be possible. Now researchers at the Washington
...
SEP 05, 2016
Neuroscience
A rare but often fatal heart condition known as Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) is getting some new attention from a study done
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The beloved actor Gene Wilder died earlier this week from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was one of the
...
SEP 01, 2016
Neuroscience
Organ donation is one of the best ways to save a life. Every day thousands of patients on waiting lists for hearts, kidn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neurons signal to each other throughout the body using a connection called a synapse. While they are very small, they ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microcephaly is a rare developmental defect that causes an infant’s head to be smaller than normal at birth. While
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems that Zika cases are increasing daily. Amid this public health crisis, researchers are discovering new insight i
...
AUG 25, 2016
Cancer
The unpredictable progression of melanoma makes it one of the most deadly form of skin cancers. Now researchers say they
...
AUG 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles are infamous buzzwords in the scientific community, referring to two thought-to-be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the 44 million people worldwide who are affected by Alzheimer’s disease, and the countless more who are at ris
...
AUG 21, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a new genetic mutation in a patient that presented with a prev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The most intricate man-made origami structure may pale in comparison to the body’s natural origamis: 3-dimenstiona
...
AUG 19, 2016
Cardiology
Atherosclerosis is a major cause of multiple cardiovascular complications: coronary heart disease, carotid artery diseas
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f
...