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Cell Death
Cell death terminates normal cellular functions, including respiration, metabolism, growth and proliferation. Cell death can be non-programmed, for example as the result of accidental injury or trauma, or programmed. Types of programmed cell death include anoikis, apoptosis, autophagy, necrosis, necroptosis and pyroptosis.
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JAN 26, 2017Microbiology
Being sick always seems to impact appetite, even inspiring the old adage to “feed a cold and starve a fever.&rdquo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2017Microbiology
Bacteriocins are toxins made by one bacterium to kill other bacteria. Not very nice, but it’s a tough world out th ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
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B cells are the multi-taskers of the immune system, and their different duties require different amounts of energy. A ne ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 23, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are divided into specialized organelles that perform specific functions. The proper function of a healthy cell dep ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2017Videos
Snakes, scorpions, and jellyfish have one thing in common - they all contain venom designed to inflict pain, incapacitat ...JAN 20, 2017Microbiology
Researchers got encouraging results from a tuberculosis vaccine they created with a clever idea. They used natural spher ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Detecting Endometrial Cancer Earlier with GenomicsWritten By: Jennifer EllisJAN 19, 2017Microbiology
A worldwide consortium of scientists have prioritized the development of vaccines for three specific pathogens that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2017Cancer
Off-label use of an antimalarial drug saved the life of a 26-year-old patient dying of treatment-resistant brain cancer. ...JAN 18, 2017Cardiology
Ten years ago, a diagnosis of “advanced heart failure” was essentially a death sentence, aside from the pati ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 18, 2017Videos
The world is strikingly divided on abortion rights, but a lot of people don't really even understand the procedure that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 17, 2017Cancer
It’s estimated that as much as 90 percent of cancer deaths are due to metastasis - the spread of cancer from the p ...JAN 17, 2017Immunology
Both natural and artificial bestowal of long-term immunity comes with risks. The same pathogen or vaccine that is confer ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 17, 2017Genetics & Genomics
epigenetics initiates pancreatic cancer metastasisWritten By: Jennifer EllisJAN 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that a diet high in fiber may reduce inflammation caused by gout, because of the action of microb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In the following video from the Francis Crick Institute, you can get a look at why cancer cells are able to proliferate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2017Cancer
Salmonella, the bacteria that is bane of all restaurants and grocery stores, has now been transformed into “tumor- ...JAN 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It was proposed as long ago as 1930 that vitamin C could be used to combat cancer, but that has remained a controversial ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2017Neuroscience
When a person undergoes a stressful event, the effects often last beyond the event itself. Whether it’s a traumati ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 04, 2017Cancer
It seems that sometimes one health discovery could contradict another previous discovery. In the case with cancer biolog ...JAN 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Zika busted out of obscurity with a vengeance last year. Very little was known about the virus when it began afflicting ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2017Microbiology
In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers demonstrated that an herbal remedy used for centuries in Ch ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2017
Microbiology
Being sick always seems to impact appetite, even inspiring the old adage to “feed a cold and starve a fever.&rdquo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteriocins are toxins made by one bacterium to kill other bacteria. Not very nice, but it’s a tough world out th
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the central nervous system, cells called microglia act to protect it. When a pathogen like a virus activates microgli
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2017
Videos
Lipids are usually thought of as structural components in cells, aiding in the integrity of cell membranes and storing e
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 24, 2017
Immunology
B cells are the multi-taskers of the immune system, and their different duties require different amounts of energy. A ne
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are divided into specialized organelles that perform specific functions. The proper function of a healthy cell dep
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2017
Videos
Snakes, scorpions, and jellyfish have one thing in common - they all contain venom designed to inflict pain, incapacitat
...
JAN 20, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers got encouraging results from a tuberculosis vaccine they created with a clever idea. They used natural spher
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Detecting Endometrial Cancer Earlier with Genomics
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 19, 2017
Microbiology
A worldwide consortium of scientists have prioritized the development of vaccines for three specific pathogens that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2017
Cancer
Off-label use of an antimalarial drug saved the life of a 26-year-old patient dying of treatment-resistant brain cancer.
...
JAN 18, 2017
Cardiology
Ten years ago, a diagnosis of “advanced heart failure” was essentially a death sentence, aside from the pati
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 18, 2017
Videos
The world is strikingly divided on abortion rights, but a lot of people don't really even understand the procedure that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 17, 2017
Cancer
It’s estimated that as much as 90 percent of cancer deaths are due to metastasis - the spread of cancer from the p
...
JAN 17, 2017
Immunology
Both natural and artificial bestowal of long-term immunity comes with risks. The same pathogen or vaccine that is confer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 17, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
epigenetics initiates pancreatic cancer metastasis
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that a diet high in fiber may reduce inflammation caused by gout, because of the action of microb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the following video from the Francis Crick Institute, you can get a look at why cancer cells are able to proliferate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2017
Cancer
Salmonella, the bacteria that is bane of all restaurants and grocery stores, has now been transformed into “tumor-
...
JAN 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It was proposed as long ago as 1930 that vitamin C could be used to combat cancer, but that has remained a controversial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2017
Neuroscience
When a person undergoes a stressful event, the effects often last beyond the event itself. Whether it’s a traumati
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 04, 2017
Cancer
It seems that sometimes one health discovery could contradict another previous discovery. In the case with cancer biolog
...
JAN 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Zika busted out of obscurity with a vengeance last year. Very little was known about the virus when it began afflicting
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2017
Microbiology
In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers demonstrated that an herbal remedy used for centuries in Ch
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch