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Clinical Laboratory
In a clinical laboratory, tests are done on patient specimens, such as blood, biopsies, and other bodily fluids, to gather information regarding the general health, aiding in diagnosis and potential treatment or disease prevention.
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JUL 22, 2015Neuroscience
Treating an aggressive brain tumor may have come one step closer to reality recently as a company developing a novel the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 09, 2015Cancer
Powerful diseases require powerful drugs or powerful doses of drugs, often with severe side effects. An optical control ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 03, 2015Health & Medicine
Theranos, founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Holmes, plans to revolutionize clinical laboratory testing by offering low cost b ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 23, 2015Health & Medicine
The United States loses $28 billion on irreproducible pre-clinical research every year. Leonard Freedman, Iain Cockburn, ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 03, 2015Neuroscience
Poor sleep may cause the beta-amyloid protein to trigger Alzheimer's disease by attacking the brain's long-term memory, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 27, 2015Cancer
According to WebMD, lung cancer causes the most cancer-related deaths for both men and women worldwide. The American Can ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 28, 2015Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Caltech researchers have found how an abundant class of RNA genes-called long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs, pronounced link ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Microbiology
Syrup extract found to make antibiotics more effective against bacteriaA concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disea ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In 2013, University at Buffalo researchers published a paper showing how slowing down protein synthesis can improve myel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Cancer
Men with prostate cancer benefit from treatment with the pioneering drug olaparib - the first cancer drug to target inhe ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Extracellular vesicles (membrane sacs secreted from cells) have sprung forth as valuable mediators facilitating cells' c ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have identified a biological basis for asthmatic children who do not respond well to corticosteroid treatmen ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
New laboratory tests show that a strain of canine influenza virus (CIV) associated with more than 1,000 sick dogs throug ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 20, 2015Microbiology
A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to labor ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a first study to test a new generation of HIV antibodies in humans, an experimental therapy lowered the virus amount ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 31, 2015Cancer
Fasting in combination with chemotherapy has already been shown to kill cancer cells, but a pair of new studies in mice ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
After six years of painstaking research, a UCLA-led team has validated the first standardized protocol for measuring one ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Cancer
Scientists at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have combined their nanote ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
JUL 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Treating an aggressive brain tumor may have come one step closer to reality recently as a company developing a novel the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 09, 2015
Cancer
Powerful diseases require powerful drugs or powerful doses of drugs, often with severe side effects. An optical control
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 03, 2015
Health & Medicine
Theranos, founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Holmes, plans to revolutionize clinical laboratory testing by offering low cost b
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
The United States loses $28 billion on irreproducible pre-clinical research every year. Leonard Freedman, Iain Cockburn,
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Poor sleep may cause the beta-amyloid protein to trigger Alzheimer's disease by attacking the brain's long-term memory,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 27, 2015
Cancer
According to WebMD, lung cancer causes the most cancer-related deaths for both men and women worldwide. The American Can
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Caltech researchers have found how an abundant class of RNA genes-called long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs, pronounced link
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Microbiology
Syrup extract found to make antibiotics more effective against bacteriaA concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disea
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In 2013, University at Buffalo researchers published a paper showing how slowing down protein synthesis can improve myel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 23, 2015
Cancer
Men with prostate cancer benefit from treatment with the pioneering drug olaparib - the first cancer drug to target inhe
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Extracellular vesicles (membrane sacs secreted from cells) have sprung forth as valuable mediators facilitating cells' c
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have identified a biological basis for asthmatic children who do not respond well to corticosteroid treatmen
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
New laboratory tests show that a strain of canine influenza virus (CIV) associated with more than 1,000 sick dogs throug
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 20, 2015
Microbiology
A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to labor
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a first study to test a new generation of HIV antibodies in humans, an experimental therapy lowered the virus amount
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 31, 2015
Cancer
Fasting in combination with chemotherapy has already been shown to kill cancer cells, but a pair of new studies in mice
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
After six years of painstaking research, a UCLA-led team has validated the first standardized protocol for measuring one
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Cancer
Scientists at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have combined their nanote
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider