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Clinical Research
Clinical Research: Patient - oriented research. Clinical research is a branch of healthcare science that determines the safety and effectiveness (efficacy) of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use. These may be used for prevention, treatment, diagnosis or for relieving symptoms of a disease.
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AUG 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Cures are extremely rare in medicine, so news that scientists are attempting a functional cure for type 1 diabetes has g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2017Neuroscience
Surviving cancer is a major win for anyone, but when a child survives pediatric cancer, it's an especially sweet vic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 13, 2017Health & Medicine
Scientists are illustrating the power of a low coronary artery calcium (CAC) score in the context of heart disease in a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have identified a drug that has slowed the progression of a rare genetic disease in clinical trials.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New research could be welcome news for women that are struggling with weight gain as they get older.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2017Cancer
Chemotherapy works against cancer by poisoning the cells. As such, few chemotherapy agents are safely prescribed to expe ...AUG 12, 2017Videos
We now know a lot about the human genome, and researchers are striving to bring that knowledge to the clinic where it wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
One way to help the many people that wait on transplant lists for an available organ would be to grow new ones. New work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2017Microbiology
Until today, I had never, ever heard of a plant-based vaccine. There are lots of reasons why plant-based vaccines are a ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 10, 2017Cardiology
Supporters of the legalization of marijuana often claim that the drug is harmless and safe to use, but a recent study su ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2017Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 09, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Sometimes medical problems are brought on by the most common household items. In the case of a 62-year-old man, doctors ...AUG 09, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A common diabetes drug could help slow down the progression of Parkinson’s disease, the second most common neurode ...AUG 08, 2017Cancer
Chemotherapy that’s intended to kill cancer could, in some disturbing twists of fate, help cancer metastasize. Ala ...AUG 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In an effort to detect and prevent glaucoma-associated blindness, scientists say they’ve developed a test that can ...AUG 07, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Investigations into why people across 16 states have gotten sick with salmonella poisoning yielded the culprit: contamin ...AUG 07, 2017Cancer
Prostate cancer screening remains an effective way to detect for the presence of the cancer in men. And this study ...AUG 05, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
People that suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome might feel some relief just knowing that biomarkers have now been assoc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
There are still aspects of pregnancy and childbirth that continue to baffle the most experienced doctors. The most recen ...AUG 03, 2017Cancer
In surveying the blood for signs of cancer DNA, researchers found that liquid biopsies can also reveal clues about why s ...AUG 03, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A man hoping surgery would leave him better endowed than before tragically died from complications related to the proced ...AUG 02, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
No matter how you slice it, smoking is unequivocally dangerous to your health. Cigarette smoking is now the number one l ...AUG 01, 2017Cardiology
The idea that aspirin, prescribed as a blood-thinning drug, may be dangerous for people with heart failure isn’t n ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 01, 2017Cancer
Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, seems to be an opportunistic striker. Earlier this year, scientists co ...
AUG 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cures are extremely rare in medicine, so news that scientists are attempting a functional cure for type 1 diabetes has g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2017
Neuroscience
Surviving cancer is a major win for anyone, but when a child survives pediatric cancer, it's an especially sweet vic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 13, 2017
Health & Medicine
Scientists are illustrating the power of a low coronary artery calcium (CAC) score in the context of heart disease in a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have identified a drug that has slowed the progression of a rare genetic disease in clinical trials.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research could be welcome news for women that are struggling with weight gain as they get older.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2017
Cancer
Chemotherapy works against cancer by poisoning the cells. As such, few chemotherapy agents are safely prescribed to expe
...
AUG 12, 2017
Videos
We now know a lot about the human genome, and researchers are striving to bring that knowledge to the clinic where it wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
One way to help the many people that wait on transplant lists for an available organ would be to grow new ones. New work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2017
Microbiology
Until today, I had never, ever heard of a plant-based vaccine. There are lots of reasons why plant-based vaccines are a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 10, 2017
Cardiology
Supporters of the legalization of marijuana often claim that the drug is harmless and safe to use, but a recent study su
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2017
Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 09, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sometimes medical problems are brought on by the most common household items. In the case of a 62-year-old man, doctors
...
AUG 09, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A common diabetes drug could help slow down the progression of Parkinson’s disease, the second most common neurode
...
AUG 08, 2017
Cancer
Chemotherapy that’s intended to kill cancer could, in some disturbing twists of fate, help cancer metastasize. Ala
...
AUG 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In an effort to detect and prevent glaucoma-associated blindness, scientists say they’ve developed a test that can
...
AUG 07, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Investigations into why people across 16 states have gotten sick with salmonella poisoning yielded the culprit: contamin
...
AUG 07, 2017
Cancer
Prostate cancer screening remains an effective way to detect for the presence of the cancer in men. And this study
...
AUG 05, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
People that suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome might feel some relief just knowing that biomarkers have now been assoc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are still aspects of pregnancy and childbirth that continue to baffle the most experienced doctors. The most recen
...
AUG 03, 2017
Cancer
In surveying the blood for signs of cancer DNA, researchers found that liquid biopsies can also reveal clues about why s
...
AUG 03, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A man hoping surgery would leave him better endowed than before tragically died from complications related to the proced
...
AUG 02, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
No matter how you slice it, smoking is unequivocally dangerous to your health. Cigarette smoking is now the number one l
...
AUG 01, 2017
Cardiology
The idea that aspirin, prescribed as a blood-thinning drug, may be dangerous for people with heart failure isn’t n
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 01, 2017
Cancer
Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, seems to be an opportunistic striker. Earlier this year, scientists co
...