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Diabetes: Diabetes is a disease that affects your body's ability to produce or use insulin. Insulin is a hormone. When your body turns the food you eat into energy (also called sugar or glucose), insulin is released to help transport this energy to the cells. Insulin acts as a "key." Its chemical message tells the cell to open and receive glucose. If you produce little or no insulin, or are insulin resistant, too much sugar remains in your blood. Blood glucose levels are higher than normal for individuals with diabetes. There are two main types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2.
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DEC 27, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
In recent years, genetic testing models have gained tremendous popularity from their ability to predict one’s risk
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 20, 2019
Health & Medicine
Researchers from the Queen Mary University of London used MRI images of more than 3,000 people, 152 of them former or cu
...
DEC 12, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
While the human genome has been sequenced, there are plenty of parts of it that we don't know much about.
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Drug Discovery & Development
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...
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...
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...
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...
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NOV 19, 2019
Microbiology
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...
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Cardiology
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...
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Abbie Arce
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Genetics & Genomics
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...
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Annie Lennon
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Drug Discovery & Development
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...
Written By:
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NOV 01, 2019
Cardiology
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...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
OCT 31, 2019
Cancer
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...
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...
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Health & Medicine
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...
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Tiffany Dazet
OCT 25, 2019
Cardiology
Cardiac mapping is an essential diagnostic tool. These imagining tools are used for diagnosing arrhythmias in the heart.
...
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Abbie Arce
OCT 23, 2019
Immunology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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Microbiology
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...
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Neuroscience
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...
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Annie Lennon
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Health & Medicine
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...
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Tiffany Dazet
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Drug Discovery & Development
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...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch