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Cell function
Cells carry out specialized functions throughout the body and each cell type functions distinctly from other cell types. Some cellular functions include transporting nutrients throughout the body and producing energy. One specialized cell is muscle cells which function to create a force that moves parts of the body. Another example are bone cells, whose functions include protecting internal organs from damage and storing minerals such as calcium.
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NOV 21, 2017Technology
Foldit is a computer game that uses human ingenuity and "problem-solving intuition" to explore the behaviors of proteins ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 20, 2017Cannabis Sciences
Your body has its own built-in cannabis system.Written By: Loren DeVitoNOV 20, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat waves can be very dangerous, especially to vulnerable groups of the population. They are also on the rise worldwide ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists in Europe Use Genetically Modified Patient Stem Cells to Graft Whole Body SkinWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 18, 2017Immunology
Without the inflammasome, the immune response to invading pathogens would be severely flawed. This protein conglomerate ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A new tool has been developed by Canon BioMedical that aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment of a devastating dise ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2017Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare, genetic, neuromuscular disease that primarily affects males - leads to degeneratio ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Organisms start out as a bunch of cells, and when it comes to development, many mysteries remain.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2017Immunology
With any cancer, developing treatments is difficult because cancer cells are an abnormal version of healthy cells. Any d ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 15, 2017Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is in the headlines almost every week. Currently, estimates from the WHO and the CDC show t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 15, 2017Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have produced the “cardiac proteome,” a map of all of the tens of thousands o ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 14, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The origin of life, formally known as abiogenesis, is the natural process by which first replicating life form arises fr ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 10, 2017Technology
"We have demonstrated that smart greenhouses can capture solar energy for electricity without reducing plant growth, whi ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 10, 2017Microbiology
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious neurological disorder that affects deer, elk, reindeer, and moose that lea ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 09, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Eat your spinach or you may risk losing your hearing, suggests a study. In examining a large cohort of over 300,000 peop ...NOV 09, 2017Immunology
Regulatory T cells control the activity of other cells, but who regulates the regulatory T cells? Scientists from the Sa ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 06, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Chromatin remodeling is related to Fragile X Syndrome and autism; it now presents a great therapeutic target for treatme ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Nusinersen may be a life-changer for patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2017Genetics & Genomics
As we grow old, our skin begins to sag, our hair turns grey, and individual cells show signs of the process as well.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Smoke from factories, incinerators, and cigarette smoke contains chemicals that can disrupt the crucial early stages of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2017Neuroscience
It's important to try and reduce waste and recycle when possible. However, the idea of finding another use for healt ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 31, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are learning more about the normal function of the gene that is the most common genetic cause of late-onset ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans are not alone in developing Alzheimer's Disease, although it is seen in very few other species.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made many advances in gene-editing technology in recent years, and it's undergoing constant improvement ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2017
Technology
Foldit is a computer game that uses human ingenuity and "problem-solving intuition" to explore the behaviors of proteins
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 20, 2017
Cannabis Sciences
Your body has its own built-in cannabis system.
Written By:
Loren DeVito
NOV 20, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat waves can be very dangerous, especially to vulnerable groups of the population. They are also on the rise worldwide
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists in Europe Use Genetically Modified Patient Stem Cells to Graft Whole Body Skin
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 18, 2017
Immunology
Without the inflammasome, the immune response to invading pathogens would be severely flawed. This protein conglomerate
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new tool has been developed by Canon BioMedical that aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment of a devastating dise
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2017
Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare, genetic, neuromuscular disease that primarily affects males - leads to degeneratio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organisms start out as a bunch of cells, and when it comes to development, many mysteries remain.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2017
Immunology
With any cancer, developing treatments is difficult because cancer cells are an abnormal version of healthy cells. Any d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 15, 2017
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is in the headlines almost every week. Currently, estimates from the WHO and the CDC show t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 15, 2017
Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have produced the “cardiac proteome,” a map of all of the tens of thousands o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 14, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The origin of life, formally known as abiogenesis, is the natural process by which first replicating life form arises fr
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 10, 2017
Technology
"We have demonstrated that smart greenhouses can capture solar energy for electricity without reducing plant growth, whi
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 10, 2017
Microbiology
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious neurological disorder that affects deer, elk, reindeer, and moose that lea
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 09, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Eat your spinach or you may risk losing your hearing, suggests a study. In examining a large cohort of over 300,000 peop
...
NOV 09, 2017
Immunology
Regulatory T cells control the activity of other cells, but who regulates the regulatory T cells? Scientists from the Sa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 06, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Chromatin remodeling is related to Fragile X Syndrome and autism; it now presents a great therapeutic target for treatme
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Nusinersen may be a life-changer for patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
As we grow old, our skin begins to sag, our hair turns grey, and individual cells show signs of the process as well.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Smoke from factories, incinerators, and cigarette smoke contains chemicals that can disrupt the crucial early stages of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2017
Neuroscience
It's important to try and reduce waste and recycle when possible. However, the idea of finding another use for healt
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 31, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are learning more about the normal function of the gene that is the most common genetic cause of late-onset
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans are not alone in developing Alzheimer's Disease, although it is seen in very few other species.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made many advances in gene-editing technology in recent years, and it's undergoing constant improvement
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch