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Disease control
Disease control refers to public health efforts to reduce the number of new infections, the number of people who are currently infected, and the number of people who become sick and/or die from a disease.
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NOV 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
First detected by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, there are strange droplets in the cytoplasm of cells that are not well ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a disorder of the nervous system; the nerve cells t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Controlling Chronic Inflammation with UV Light to Quell Disease SymptomsWritten By: Jennifer EllisNOV 23, 2016Cancer
To study the effect of constant, chronic jet lag on health risks, scientists at the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas ...NOV 22, 2016Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A study published in Cell demonstrated how the brains of patients with different kinds of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 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, 2016Plants & Animals
A maggot-like creature known as a screwworm is currently infesting half of a dozen of Florida’s islands – th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 17, 2016Microbiology
Researchers studying antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) found that patients with the disease have high levels of bacteria t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In 2014 and 2015, the Ebola outbreak ravaged West Africa, killed over 11,000 people, and caused a huge international hea ...NOV 15, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison have discovered a new protein that provides a critical link between ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2016Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 15, 2016Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – November 15, 2016 – In new findings that could have an impact the development of therapies for ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 14, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Developmental Cell by researchers at Johns Hopkins University has demonstrated that a protein known ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2016Cardiology
Three known transcription factors are capable of reprogramming connective tissue in the heart to transform scar tissue i ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 11, 2016Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2016Immunology
Two proteins serve as internal clocks for immune cells, a new system of regulation that defies most of what scientists t ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2016Neuroscience
When a person has lost sensation in a part of the body, whether to an accident or disease, they don’t just lose mo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 09, 2016Cardiology
Maternal nutrition is vital for the develop of the fetus before birth and for the baby after birth. A new study shows th ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New neurons in the brain of adult rodents are regulated by the blood vessels that are associated with them. Research tha ...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 05, 2016Videos
According to the Centers for Disease Control, although it remains rare in the United States and other parts of the devel ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
First detected by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, there are strange droplets in the cytoplasm of cells that are not well
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a disorder of the nervous system; the nerve cells t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Controlling Chronic Inflammation with UV Light to Quell Disease Symptoms
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 23, 2016
Cancer
To study the effect of constant, chronic jet lag on health risks, scientists at the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas
...
NOV 22, 2016
Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A study published in Cell demonstrated how the brains of patients with different kinds of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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
Plants & Animals
A maggot-like creature known as a screwworm is currently infesting half of a dozen of Florida’s islands – th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 17, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers studying antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) found that patients with the disease have high levels of bacteria t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In 2014 and 2015, the Ebola outbreak ravaged West Africa, killed over 11,000 people, and caused a huge international hea
...
NOV 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison have discovered a new protein that provides a critical link between
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2016
Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 15, 2016
Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – November 15, 2016 – In new findings that could have an impact the development of therapies for
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 14, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Developmental Cell by researchers at Johns Hopkins University has demonstrated that a protein known
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2016
Cardiology
Three known transcription factors are capable of reprogramming connective tissue in the heart to transform scar tissue i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 11, 2016
Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2016
Immunology
Two proteins serve as internal clocks for immune cells, a new system of regulation that defies most of what scientists t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2016
Neuroscience
When a person has lost sensation in a part of the body, whether to an accident or disease, they don’t just lose mo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2016
Cardiology
Maternal nutrition is vital for the develop of the fetus before birth and for the baby after birth. A new study shows th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New neurons in the brain of adult rodents are regulated by the blood vessels that are associated with them. Research tha
...
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 05, 2016
Videos
According to the Centers for Disease Control, although it remains rare in the United States and other parts of the devel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch