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Digestion
Digestion: is the breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble food molecules so that they can be absorbed into the watery blood plasma. In certain organisms, these smaller substances are absorbed through the small intestine into the blood stream.
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DEC 27, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Obesity is a common epidemic worldwide, but scientists are now bringing to light an associated health issue, fatty liver ...Written By: Jennifer EllisDEC 24, 2016Microbiology
Physarum polycephalum is the smartest slime mold you’ll ever meet. Really, though - this humble blob can solve pro ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 22, 2016Chemistry & Physics
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Viruses are a unique form of life that have challenged scientists since the dawn of biomedical research. They have even ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Microbiology
There is a rich community of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals including humans, the microbiom ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 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 23, 2016Neuroscience
It’s almost time to belly up to the table and start wolfing down a huge meal. It’s part of a Thanksgiving tr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 20, 2016Videos
It's embarrassing - you're sitting in a late afternoon meeting and your stomach decides to start rumbling with reckless ...NOV 15, 2016Cancer
Bacteria have all but hogged the limelight in our recent understanding of microbiomes and how these ecosystems influence ...NOV 13, 2016Microbiology
Researchers have demonstrated that the consumption of prey by predators can stimulate a cyclical increase and decrease i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2016Earth & The Environment
What do you do with your food waste? Most people’s waste goes into the trash bin and then they don’t think a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 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, 2016Cancer
Emulsifiers, common food additives used to enhance the smoothness of food textures, have been linked to colon cancer in ...NOV 06, 2016Microbiology
Humans live in a symobiotic relationship with gut microbes, many of which inhabit our gastrointestinal tract. Some of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry outlines how certain cells in the intestine, enterocytes, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2016Videos
The video above was featured in JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments. A peer-reviewed journal, it presents resear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a rare medical case, doctors determined that a man’s sudden onset of acute hepatitis – inflammation of th ...NOV 02, 2016Cardiology
Severe obesity by itself leaves a person at significantly higher risk for heart failure, whether or not that person also ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)OCT 31, 2016Cardiology
Needle pricks instead of popping pills? Maybe. A new study from the University of California, Irvine’s Susan Samue ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 25, 2016Plants & Animals
Viewed well over 17 million times since its posting on Facebook, an Australian video has gone viral showcasing a huntsma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 19, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Crystallography Solves Unknown Structure of Novel Mosquito Toxin That Can Help Control ZikaWritten By: Jennifer Ellis
DEC 27, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Obesity is a common epidemic worldwide, but scientists are now bringing to light an associated health issue, fatty liver
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 24, 2016
Microbiology
Physarum polycephalum is the smartest slime mold you’ll ever meet. Really, though - this humble blob can solve pro
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 22, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Using Bacteria to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 16, 2016
Microbiology
If you don’t love amoebas, there’s something wrong with you. Amoebas are adorable, little single-cell
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 03, 2016
Microbiology
Animals live in symbiosis with microorganisms, and that concept was established as early as the nineteenth century
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
European rabbits are making themselves right at home on the continent of Australia. Although they’re not native to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 26, 2016
Microbiology
Viruses are a unique form of life that have challenged scientists since the dawn of biomedical research. They have even
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Microbiology
There is a rich community of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals including humans, the microbiom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 23, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s almost time to belly up to the table and start wolfing down a huge meal. It’s part of a Thanksgiving tr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 20, 2016
Videos
It's embarrassing - you're sitting in a late afternoon meeting and your stomach decides to start rumbling with reckless
...
NOV 15, 2016
Cancer
Bacteria have all but hogged the limelight in our recent understanding of microbiomes and how these ecosystems influence
...
NOV 13, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers have demonstrated that the consumption of prey by predators can stimulate a cyclical increase and decrease i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2016
Earth & The Environment
What do you do with your food waste? Most people’s waste goes into the trash bin and then they don’t think a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
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
Cancer
Emulsifiers, common food additives used to enhance the smoothness of food textures, have been linked to colon cancer in
...
NOV 06, 2016
Microbiology
Humans live in a symobiotic relationship with gut microbes, many of which inhabit our gastrointestinal tract. Some of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry outlines how certain cells in the intestine, enterocytes,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2016
Videos
The video above was featured in JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments. A peer-reviewed journal, it presents resear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a rare medical case, doctors determined that a man’s sudden onset of acute hepatitis – inflammation of th
...
NOV 02, 2016
Cardiology
Severe obesity by itself leaves a person at significantly higher risk for heart failure, whether or not that person also
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
OCT 31, 2016
Cardiology
Needle pricks instead of popping pills? Maybe. A new study from the University of California, Irvine’s Susan Samue
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
Viewed well over 17 million times since its posting on Facebook, an Australian video has gone viral showcasing a huntsma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 19, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Crystallography Solves Unknown Structure of Novel Mosquito Toxin That Can Help Control Zika
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis