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Complex Disease
Caused by genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors, complex diseases such as asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, hypertension, manic depression, schizophrenia, and others, are often difficult to treat. Disorders that are commonly referenced as "running in the family" can be classified as complex diseases.
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FEB 16, 2021Microbiology
Viruses that infect bacteria are called phages, and scientists have been interested in whether they can be used to targe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2021Technology
Diagnosing disease depends largely on biomarkers. These markers are complex molecules ranging from our genes to hormones ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 03, 2021Cancer
New research from a 20-year long study on California sea lions shows cause for alarm for both ecologists and oncologists ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 02, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Inflammation can be a crucial process; the body needs it to heal injuries and prevent infection. But inflammatory proces ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2021Microbiology
The gut microbiome is made up of a huge number of different microbial species, and scientists are learning more about ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to explain why a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can be so differen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2021Cancer
The dream of a magic bullet drug plagues the mind of scientists, doctors, and patients. The truth is some diseases are j ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJAN 25, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, scientists have relied on cells that grow in dishes and animal models to learn more about human diseases ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2021Microbiology
Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are illnesses that involve serious disturbances in eating beh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of primarily as an intermediary between the coding portions of DNA and proteins, our understanding of RNA a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 15, 2021Microbiology
Most adenoviruses infect the respiratory system. But there are variants of these viruses that infect the gastrointestina ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 15, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Many people picture the classic double-stranded helix when picturing a molecule of DNA, but DNA is also capable of formi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 12, 2021Immunology
The first organ transplant—performed over 60 years ago—was a success because the donor and recipient were id ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 06, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies run on a kind of molecular clock, which helps regulate and time certain functions beyond just waking and slee ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2021Cannabis Sciences
As research on cannabis emerges, what we know about how it interacts with the liver is becoming more and more complex. A ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 04, 2021Microbiology
The microbial community in our gastrointestinal tract has been shown to have a significant impact on our health and well ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Many types of cells have to be able to move around, such as during the development of the body, or when immune cells hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Around 1 in 54 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, a broad range of conditions tha ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 29, 2020Microbiology
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii is thought to infect a third of the people on the planet as well as a wide range of other ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Every cell contains our whole genome, but not all genes are turned on all the time; gene expression has to be very caref ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2020Cardiology
Prepared and highly processed foods have become very common, and they've been linked to negative health effects like obe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cytokines are a group of molecules that are involved in several processes including cell signaling and inflammation, the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2020Technology
Some diseases, such as metastatic breast cancer are known as “undruggable” or best described as unresponsive ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 20, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
A cell's nucleus has to hold the entire genome. To do that, the DNA has to be carefully arranged and compacted by protei ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2021
Microbiology
Viruses that infect bacteria are called phages, and scientists have been interested in whether they can be used to targe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2021
Technology
Diagnosing disease depends largely on biomarkers. These markers are complex molecules ranging from our genes to hormones
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 03, 2021
Cancer
New research from a 20-year long study on California sea lions shows cause for alarm for both ecologists and oncologists
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 02, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Inflammation can be a crucial process; the body needs it to heal injuries and prevent infection. But inflammatory proces
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2021
Microbiology
The gut microbiome is made up of a huge number of different microbial species, and scientists are learning more about ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to explain why a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can be so differen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2021
Cancer
The dream of a magic bullet drug plagues the mind of scientists, doctors, and patients. The truth is some diseases are j
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JAN 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, scientists have relied on cells that grow in dishes and animal models to learn more about human diseases
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2021
Microbiology
Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are illnesses that involve serious disturbances in eating beh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of primarily as an intermediary between the coding portions of DNA and proteins, our understanding of RNA a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2021
Microbiology
Most adenoviruses infect the respiratory system. But there are variants of these viruses that infect the gastrointestina
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Many people picture the classic double-stranded helix when picturing a molecule of DNA, but DNA is also capable of formi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 12, 2021
Immunology
The first organ transplant—performed over 60 years ago—was a success because the donor and recipient were id
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 06, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies run on a kind of molecular clock, which helps regulate and time certain functions beyond just waking and slee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
As research on cannabis emerges, what we know about how it interacts with the liver is becoming more and more complex. A
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 04, 2021
Microbiology
The microbial community in our gastrointestinal tract has been shown to have a significant impact on our health and well
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many types of cells have to be able to move around, such as during the development of the body, or when immune cells hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Around 1 in 54 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, a broad range of conditions tha
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 29, 2020
Microbiology
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii is thought to infect a third of the people on the planet as well as a wide range of other
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Every cell contains our whole genome, but not all genes are turned on all the time; gene expression has to be very caref
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2020
Cardiology
Prepared and highly processed foods have become very common, and they've been linked to negative health effects like obe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cytokines are a group of molecules that are involved in several processes including cell signaling and inflammation, the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2020
Technology
Some diseases, such as metastatic breast cancer are known as “undruggable” or best described as unresponsive
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 20, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
A cell's nucleus has to hold the entire genome. To do that, the DNA has to be carefully arranged and compacted by protei
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch