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Cancer Biology
Cancer biology can be defined as the sub-field of biology targeted towards understanding Cancer, usually at the cellular level. While targeted towards cancer, it involves the research of everything from the adverse cellular processes of a cancer cell, to the hosts immune response, as well as every avenue in order to abolish the disease.
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FEB 11, 2022Cancer
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women in the United States, and experts estimate that close to 3 ...Written By: Katie KokolusFEB 08, 2022Immunology
Tumors have a sneaky strategy of becoming resistant to chemotherapy drugs—they have a way of “pumping ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 07, 2022Cancer
Oncologists have identified five diverse subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancers: epithelial ovarian cancers as ...Written By: Katie KokolusFEB 06, 2022Technology
The immune system is one of the most complex aspects of human biology. In addition to protecting our body from bacterial ...Written By: Ryan VingumFEB 03, 2022Immunology
Cyclotides are small, ring-shaped proteins produced by plants to defend themselves from certain insect pests and bacteri ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 03, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Brain tumors are associated with low survival rates for a number of reasons. For one, malignant brain tumors o ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 31, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The human immune system is incredibly complex. Scientists studying its function have discovered that a group of proteins ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2022Cancer
A genetic variant is a permanent change in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene. While genetic variants often res ...Written By: Katie KokolusJAN 28, 2022Genetics & Genomics
For many years, a genetic mutation was usually linked to a serious disease. Researchers were able to connect errors in s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2022Immunology
Plastics are devastating the environment, and a growing body of research is pointing to how they can also negatively imp ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 26, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The gut microbiome is crucial to human health, but the human body has to keep the microorganisms within it in check. We ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2022Microbiology
Some of our best medicine has come from nature, and scientists are always on the lookout for natural products that can b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2022Immunology
Scientists studying a neglected tropical disease have made a chance discovery—a promising therapeutic targe ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 20, 2022Cancer
According to 2021 estimates, prostate cancer will account for more than a quarter of the cancer diagnoses and over 10% o ...Written By: Katie KokolusJAN 18, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Besides being a mood booster, spending time in the sun is known to have a number of health benefits. For example, ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 14, 2022Neuroscience
Direct exposure of bisphenol A (BPA) from a mother to her unborn child via the placenta may impact brain development. Th ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 13, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
As organisms develop, they have to shed certain cells. Throughout life, damaged cells have to be eliminated. So nature u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Up to 10 percent of the population have benign lumps on their adrenal glands, triangular hormone-secreting glands that s ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 06, 2022Immunology
From tasting a delicious meal to picking up pheromones, olfaction (or the sense of smell) involves a network of complex ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 01, 2022Cannabis Sciences
Results from a new study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports suggest that the carboxylated (i.e., acidic) for ...Written By: Nadine HusamiDEC 31, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
We know that cells are constantly secreting molecules that can have many different biological impacts; the term extracel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Our body is made up of trillions of cells, most of which contain a genome that suffers a lot of damage. That damage may ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 25, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Our body starts with one cell that must divide and eventually, all the cells produced from that first one have to know w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Genomic DNA is a huge molecule that is compacted to fit into the nucleus of cells, but there's more to DNA than genomes.Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2022
Cancer
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women in the United States, and experts estimate that close to 3
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
FEB 08, 2022
Immunology
Tumors have a sneaky strategy of becoming resistant to chemotherapy drugs—they have a way of “pumping
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 07, 2022
Cancer
Oncologists have identified five diverse subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancers: epithelial ovarian cancers as
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
FEB 06, 2022
Technology
The immune system is one of the most complex aspects of human biology. In addition to protecting our body from bacterial
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 03, 2022
Immunology
Cyclotides are small, ring-shaped proteins produced by plants to defend themselves from certain insect pests and bacteri
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 03, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Brain tumors are associated with low survival rates for a number of reasons. For one, malignant brain tumors o
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 31, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human immune system is incredibly complex. Scientists studying its function have discovered that a group of proteins
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2022
Cancer
A genetic variant is a permanent change in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene. While genetic variants often res
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JAN 28, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
For many years, a genetic mutation was usually linked to a serious disease. Researchers were able to connect errors in s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2022
Immunology
Plastics are devastating the environment, and a growing body of research is pointing to how they can also negatively imp
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 26, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The gut microbiome is crucial to human health, but the human body has to keep the microorganisms within it in check. We
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2022
Microbiology
Some of our best medicine has come from nature, and scientists are always on the lookout for natural products that can b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2022
Immunology
Scientists studying a neglected tropical disease have made a chance discovery—a promising therapeutic targe
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 20, 2022
Cancer
According to 2021 estimates, prostate cancer will account for more than a quarter of the cancer diagnoses and over 10% o
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JAN 18, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Besides being a mood booster, spending time in the sun is known to have a number of health benefits. For example,
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 14, 2022
Neuroscience
Direct exposure of bisphenol A (BPA) from a mother to her unborn child via the placenta may impact brain development. Th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 13, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
As organisms develop, they have to shed certain cells. Throughout life, damaged cells have to be eliminated. So nature u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Up to 10 percent of the population have benign lumps on their adrenal glands, triangular hormone-secreting glands that s
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 06, 2022
Immunology
From tasting a delicious meal to picking up pheromones, olfaction (or the sense of smell) involves a network of complex
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 01, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Results from a new study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports suggest that the carboxylated (i.e., acidic) for
...
Written By:
Nadine Husami
DEC 31, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
We know that cells are constantly secreting molecules that can have many different biological impacts; the term extracel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our body is made up of trillions of cells, most of which contain a genome that suffers a lot of damage. That damage may
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our body starts with one cell that must divide and eventually, all the cells produced from that first one have to know w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Genomic DNA is a huge molecule that is compacted to fit into the nucleus of cells, but there's more to DNA than genomes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch