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Chemical Biology
Chemical Biology: a scientific discipline spanning the fields of chemistry, biology, and physics. It involves the application of chemical techniques, tools, and analyses, and often compounds produced through synthetic chemistry, to the study and manipulation of biological systems. Chemical biologists attempt to use chemical principles to modulate systems to either investigate the underlying biology or create new function. Chemicals - including natural small molecules, such as lipids, carbohydrates and metals, or non-natural probe or drug molecules - are used to gain insight into biological problems at a mechanistic level.
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JUL 11, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance continues to be a rising concern in public health. Sepsis, the last resort of the immune sys ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The crux of anticancer efforts has always been to identify the cancer target and kill it without harming nearby healthy ...JUN 27, 2016Cardiology
Endothelial cells form the lining of all of our body’s blood vessels, from the tiniest capillaries to the largest ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 23, 2016Microbiology
The spirit of competition often spurs people to do amazing things, and scientists have decided to use that inspiration t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2016Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2016Immunology
B cells and T cells are not the only immune cells with memory capabilities, scientists have discovered. Natural Killer ( ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells in nature have to respond to environmental stimuli with a complex repertoire of responses. In effect, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A web service named GAM (Genes and Metabolites) by its developers is now available to the public for use. The program wa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2016Plants & Animals
The ocean is one of the places here on Earth where you can look to find some of the world’s most exotic life forms ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 01, 2016Health & Medicine
More than two thirds of adults and about one third of children and adolescents are considered overweight or obese. The o ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAY 27, 2016Infographics
As we grow and develop, very specific chemical reactions activate and deactivate parts of our genome at strategic times ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAY 26, 2016Health & Medicine
All antihistamine drugs on the market today block only the H1 receptor, but there are three more histamine receptors tha ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 23, 2016Videos
Your body an intriguing piece of biological engineering over millions of years of evolution. It has adapted so that when ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are learning not to dismiss something just because they do not understand it. In the realm of studying non-c ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 23, 2016Neuroscience
Ketamine has been studied more than a few times recently for it’s use as a treatment for depression. The most rece ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 18, 2016Health & Medicine
While the intestines are potentially the star players of the digestive system, they also play a role in immune homeostas ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 26, 2016Cardiology
Exposure to certain chemicals produced by the immune system causes bone marrow stem cells to differentiate into myeloid ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 26, 2016Cancer
Cancer cells may actually be spurred on by the death of nearby cells, reported scientists at the NYU Langone Medical Cen ...APR 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new and highly efficient method for gene transfer. The technique, which involves culturing and ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Better learn to embrace your fat cells, because scientists have found unprecedented, awesome new uses for these cells. U ...APR 05, 2016Cardiology
Scientists were surprised to find that drugs used to treat heart problems also have anticancer properties. The drugs, ca ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 04, 2016Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Just in the past few months, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even voca ...APR 02, 2016Cancer
In cancer, scientists note a strange correlation: tumors that had low oxygen seemingly couldn’t cope and died off, ...
JUL 11, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance continues to be a rising concern in public health. Sepsis, the last resort of the immune sys
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The crux of anticancer efforts has always been to identify the cancer target and kill it without harming nearby healthy
...
JUN 27, 2016
Cardiology
Endothelial cells form the lining of all of our body’s blood vessels, from the tiniest capillaries to the largest
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 23, 2016
Microbiology
The spirit of competition often spurs people to do amazing things, and scientists have decided to use that inspiration t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2016
Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2016
Immunology
B cells and T cells are not the only immune cells with memory capabilities, scientists have discovered. Natural Killer (
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells in nature have to respond to environmental stimuli with a complex repertoire of responses. In effect,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A web service named GAM (Genes and Metabolites) by its developers is now available to the public for use. The program wa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
The ocean is one of the places here on Earth where you can look to find some of the world’s most exotic life forms
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2016
Health & Medicine
More than two thirds of adults and about one third of children and adolescents are considered overweight or obese. The o
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAY 27, 2016
Infographics
As we grow and develop, very specific chemical reactions activate and deactivate parts of our genome at strategic times
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAY 26, 2016
Health & Medicine
All antihistamine drugs on the market today block only the H1 receptor, but there are three more histamine receptors tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 23, 2016
Videos
Your body an intriguing piece of biological engineering over millions of years of evolution. It has adapted so that when
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are learning not to dismiss something just because they do not understand it. In the realm of studying non-c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 23, 2016
Neuroscience
Ketamine has been studied more than a few times recently for it’s use as a treatment for depression. The most rece
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
While the intestines are potentially the star players of the digestive system, they also play a role in immune homeostas
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 26, 2016
Cardiology
Exposure to certain chemicals produced by the immune system causes bone marrow stem cells to differentiate into myeloid
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 26, 2016
Cancer
Cancer cells may actually be spurred on by the death of nearby cells, reported scientists at the NYU Langone Medical Cen
...
APR 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new and highly efficient method for gene transfer. The technique, which involves culturing and
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Better learn to embrace your fat cells, because scientists have found unprecedented, awesome new uses for these cells. U
...
APR 05, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists were surprised to find that drugs used to treat heart problems also have anticancer properties. The drugs, ca
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 04, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Just in the past few months, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even voca
...
APR 02, 2016
Cancer
In cancer, scientists note a strange correlation: tumors that had low oxygen seemingly couldn’t cope and died off,
...