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Cell Therapy
Cell therapy is therapy in which cellular material is injected into a patient; this generally means intact, living cells. For example, T cells capable of fighting cancer cells via cell-mediated immunity may be injected in the course of immunotherapy.
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FEB 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been searching for reliable ways to alter gene expression for decades. While there have been many advan ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2017Microbiology
People have attempted to use ricin as a bioterrorism agent on many occasions throughout the world, and in one incident i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2017Cancer
Using small-molecule sugars, scientists successfully made artificial tags for cancer cells that otherwise blended in wit ...FEB 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Brain tumors are difficult to detect, often only becoming apparent long after symptoms like seizures have begun. New wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes Type 1, an experimental therapy may be able to slow the progression of their disease. By trai ...FEB 17, 2017Immunology
Castleman disease was discovered in the 1950s, but until this year doctors had no reliable sources to consistentl ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system has made a tremendous impact in the years since it's development. Scientists h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Despite being well-known in the medical arena, diagnosing Parkinson’s disease correctly can be quite challenging s ...FEB 14, 2017Cardiology
There is a new algorithm-based diagnostic test on the table for a dangerous heart condition, and doctors could apply it ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 13, 2017Immunology
There seems to be a key genetic difference between males and females that is not related to sex chromosomes. Instead, it ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 10, 2017Microbiology
Bacteriophages are everywhere. By everywhere, I mean there are about 10^31 of them on our planet - and that’s a lo ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 09, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Some malignant tumors found in brain cancer patients or in some types of leukemia have specific mutations in the IDH1 or ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 09, 2017Cardiology
Sometimes a heart attack leads to heart failure later in life, and sometimes it doesn’t. Scientists are concentrat ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 09, 2017Videos
Most people would associated a cancer diagnosis with a fight to survive. Many would imagine that treatments like surgery ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 08, 2017Immunology
A specialized form of immune B cells exist in the human spleen to protect the body from specific types of bacteria. But ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 07, 2017Immunology
Mice models are more often than not the models of disease used to study the interaction between immune cells and cancer. ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 06, 2017Immunology
The recent discovery of not just one, but multiple genes that fail to protect the gastrointestinal (GI) tract from infla ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 06, 2017Videos
Researchers are looking into the possibility that stem cells could be used to treat patients suffering from a variety of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2017Cancer
The unpredictable progression of melanoma makes it one of the most deadly forms of skin cancers. Now researchers say the ...FEB 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have made another incredible advancement in their study of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Society is dealing with a crisis of opiate abuse, as discussed by the former head of the FDA in the video below. Helping ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Understanding the physiology that underlies the transition as a cell moves from being healthy to being cancerous is a cr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2017Microbiology
Phage therapy may finally be gaining ground in the United States. Researchers from Tufts University just reported that a ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 31, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Gene Essential for Reprogramming Human Amniotic Stem CellsWritten By: Jennifer Ellis
FEB 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been searching for reliable ways to alter gene expression for decades. While there have been many advan
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2017
Microbiology
People have attempted to use ricin as a bioterrorism agent on many occasions throughout the world, and in one incident i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2017
Cancer
Using small-molecule sugars, scientists successfully made artificial tags for cancer cells that otherwise blended in wit
...
FEB 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Brain tumors are difficult to detect, often only becoming apparent long after symptoms like seizures have begun. New wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes Type 1, an experimental therapy may be able to slow the progression of their disease. By trai
...
FEB 17, 2017
Immunology
Castleman disease was discovered in the 1950s, but until this year doctors had no reliable sources to consistentl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system has made a tremendous impact in the years since it's development. Scientists h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Despite being well-known in the medical arena, diagnosing Parkinson’s disease correctly can be quite challenging s
...
FEB 14, 2017
Cardiology
There is a new algorithm-based diagnostic test on the table for a dangerous heart condition, and doctors could apply it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 13, 2017
Immunology
There seems to be a key genetic difference between males and females that is not related to sex chromosomes. Instead, it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 10, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteriophages are everywhere. By everywhere, I mean there are about 10^31 of them on our planet - and that’s a lo
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 09, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Some malignant tumors found in brain cancer patients or in some types of leukemia have specific mutations in the IDH1 or
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 09, 2017
Cardiology
Sometimes a heart attack leads to heart failure later in life, and sometimes it doesn’t. Scientists are concentrat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 09, 2017
Videos
Most people would associated a cancer diagnosis with a fight to survive. Many would imagine that treatments like surgery
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 08, 2017
Immunology
A specialized form of immune B cells exist in the human spleen to protect the body from specific types of bacteria. But
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 07, 2017
Immunology
Mice models are more often than not the models of disease used to study the interaction between immune cells and cancer.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 06, 2017
Immunology
The recent discovery of not just one, but multiple genes that fail to protect the gastrointestinal (GI) tract from infla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 06, 2017
Videos
Researchers are looking into the possibility that stem cells could be used to treat patients suffering from a variety of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2017
Cancer
The unpredictable progression of melanoma makes it one of the most deadly forms of skin cancers. Now researchers say the
...
FEB 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have made another incredible advancement in their study of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Society is dealing with a crisis of opiate abuse, as discussed by the former head of the FDA in the video below. Helping
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Understanding the physiology that underlies the transition as a cell moves from being healthy to being cancerous is a cr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2017
Microbiology
Phage therapy may finally be gaining ground in the United States. Researchers from Tufts University just reported that a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 31, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Gene Essential for Reprogramming Human Amniotic Stem Cells
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis