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Clinical Trials: A clinical trial involves research participants. It follows a pre-defined plan or protocol to evaluate the effects of a medical or behavioral intervention on health outcomes. Clinical trials are done to determine whether new drugs or treatments are safe and effective. By taking part in clinical trials, participants not only play a more active role in their own health care, but they also can access experimental treatments and help others by contributing to medical research.
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DEC 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The little blue pill that can prevent HIV is being launched in a large-scale clinical trial in the UK. Known as P ...DEC 05, 2016Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects millions of people, but the disorder is notoriously difficult to treat. Ev ...NOV 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
South Africa will host the first large-scale study of a new HIV vaccine since 2009. Will the new vaccine be “the f ...NOV 30, 2016Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 28, 2016Neuroscience
There was disappointing news recently on a drug many had hoped would provide some relief for patients suffering with Alz ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 25, 2016Cancer
A chemotherapy drug that’s comparably milder than other drugs has been found to extend survival for acute myeloid ...NOV 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, landmark clinical trial, Chinese researchers injected a patient with a shot of CRISPR-edited white blood ...NOV 19, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A trace of us is left on everything we come into contact with, in the form of microbes and trace amounts of chemicals. R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2016Cancer
Rhabdoid meningiomas are among one of the most aggressive brain cancer types. Furthermore, doctors have a difficult time ...NOV 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
By Judy O’Rourke RECAPPING HISTORY BEFORE MAKING SOME It may seem like just yesterday, OK it was around 199 ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 18, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Antibiotic resistance has become one of public health’s largest issues in recent years. A recent study from the UK ...Written By: Jennifer EllisNOV 11, 2016Cancer
Unlike most fields of biology and science that’s suffering from lack of funding, cancer research is a booming busi ...NOV 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
By combining two experimental treatments, scientists say they’re closer than ever to a functional cure for HIV &nd ...NOV 07, 2016Immunology
Healthy populations of bacteria, called the microbiome, live in the mouths and gastrointestinal tracts of humans, and th ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The amount of poison ivy in our environment is on the rise, due in part to increased carbon dioxide levels. It is estima ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Neglected diseases are those that affect the world’s poor and are usually common in tropical areas. A new discover ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2016Cancer
To treat invading tumors in the body, doctors often recommend radiation therapy – a procedure that zaps the tumor ...NOV 01, 2016Microbiology
A new study from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) has shown ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Hookworms are often associated with malodorous gastrointestinal infections in humans. But now, scientists are turning th ...OCT 31, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
New antibiotics against superbugs could be coming from a very unlikely source, say scientists. As it turns out, the ques ...OCT 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The male birth control shot is effective, researchers say. But, there’s a big caveat to this claim – researc ...OCT 27, 2016Cardiology
Cardiac arrest kills ten times as many people as breast cancer, yet the library of research studying why it happens and ...Written By: Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The little blue pill that can prevent HIV is being launched in a large-scale clinical trial in the UK. Known as P
...
DEC 05, 2016
Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects millions of people, but the disorder is notoriously difficult to treat. Ev
...
NOV 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
South Africa will host the first large-scale study of a new HIV vaccine since 2009. Will the new vaccine be “the f
...
NOV 30, 2016
Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 28, 2016
Neuroscience
There was disappointing news recently on a drug many had hoped would provide some relief for patients suffering with Alz
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 25, 2016
Cancer
A chemotherapy drug that’s comparably milder than other drugs has been found to extend survival for acute myeloid
...
NOV 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, landmark clinical trial, Chinese researchers injected a patient with a shot of CRISPR-edited white blood
...
NOV 19, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A trace of us is left on everything we come into contact with, in the form of microbes and trace amounts of chemicals. R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2016
Cancer
Rhabdoid meningiomas are among one of the most aggressive brain cancer types. Furthermore, doctors have a difficult time
...
NOV 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
By Judy O’Rourke RECAPPING HISTORY BEFORE MAKING SOME It may seem like just yesterday, OK it was around 199
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 18, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Antibiotic resistance has become one of public health’s largest issues in recent years. A recent study from the UK
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 11, 2016
Cancer
Unlike most fields of biology and science that’s suffering from lack of funding, cancer research is a booming busi
...
NOV 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
By combining two experimental treatments, scientists say they’re closer than ever to a functional cure for HIV &nd
...
NOV 07, 2016
Immunology
Healthy populations of bacteria, called the microbiome, live in the mouths and gastrointestinal tracts of humans, and th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The amount of poison ivy in our environment is on the rise, due in part to increased carbon dioxide levels. It is estima
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neglected diseases are those that affect the world’s poor and are usually common in tropical areas. A new discover
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2016
Cancer
To treat invading tumors in the body, doctors often recommend radiation therapy – a procedure that zaps the tumor
...
NOV 01, 2016
Microbiology
A new study from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) has shown
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Hookworms are often associated with malodorous gastrointestinal infections in humans. But now, scientists are turning th
...
OCT 31, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
New antibiotics against superbugs could be coming from a very unlikely source, say scientists. As it turns out, the ques
...
OCT 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The male birth control shot is effective, researchers say. But, there’s a big caveat to this claim – researc
...
OCT 27, 2016
Cardiology
Cardiac arrest kills ten times as many people as breast cancer, yet the library of research studying why it happens and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker