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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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SEP 03, 2014Health & Medicine
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a three-part analysis on the depression drug ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 02, 2014Microbiology
The bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells by about 100 times. So, who's in charge? Sometimes it's all about the ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 25, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Much of the liver's metabolic function is governed by circadian rhythms - our own body clock - and UC Irvine researchers ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 22, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetics has a large say in blood formation.
Blood stem cells have the potential to turn into any type of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 20, 2014Neuroscience
Only about 1% of Americans have schizophrenia, but the agitation, hearing of voices, and paranoia it causes can lead to ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 06, 2014Genetics & Genomics
In a paper entitled, Concerning RNA-Guided Gene Drives for the Alteration of Wild Populations, recently published in eLi ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 04, 2014Genetics & Genomics
It's sometimes noted that friends tend to look or dress alike, but a new study, the results of which were recently publi ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 29, 2014Health & Medicine
The news is full of reports about the "obesity epidemic" in the U.S., and, in fact, the prevalence of obesity increased ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 23, 2014Neuroscience
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Temporal lobe epilepsy is a type of the disorder that's often difficult to control. Epilepsy affects 1 per ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 21, 2014Immunology
New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, published in the current issue of JAMA Pediatrics, i ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 18, 2014Microbiology
UC Irvine School of Medicine researchers have learned how bacterial toxins that cause food-borne botulism are absorbed t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 08, 2014Neuroscience
When a woman experiences a stressful event early in pregnancy, the risk that her child will develop autism spectrum diso ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 18, 2014Neuroscience
Using powerful, newly developed cell culture and mouse models of sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), a team of researcher ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 13, 2014Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 02, 2014Health & Medicine
A study from researchers at Loma Linda University presented at the April 2014 Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 29, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Synthetic biology uses elemental building blocks and an engineering approach to create biological systems for specific u ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 19, 2014Genetics & Genomics
After a decade-long effort a team of more than 140 scientists have deciphered the tsetse fly's (Glossina morsitans) geno ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 02, 2014Genetics & Genomics
DNA nanorobots sound like something out of the X-Files, but it isn't science fiction - the concept has already been prov ...APR 21, 2014Technology
A group of researchers has successfully injected various types of DNA origami nanobots in living cockroaches (Blaberus d ...MAR 25, 2014Microbiology
Antibiotics have become increasingly less effective in the last few years, due in part to overuse and the subsequent res ...JAN 31, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Can you lose weight by inducing fat cells to burn other fat cells? That's a little simplistic, but that's the gist of a ...JAN 28, 2014Health & Medicine
For many people who have lost a leg through accident, war, or disease, a prosthetic leg represents a huge step in recove ...DEC 26, 2013Genetics & Genomics
While DNA forms the basis of life, it can also go astray, causing problems within the human body. One such variety of tr ...
SEP 03, 2014
Health & Medicine
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a three-part analysis on the depression drug
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 02, 2014
Microbiology
The bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells by about 100 times. So, who's in charge? Sometimes it's all about the
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 25, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Much of the liver's metabolic function is governed by circadian rhythms - our own body clock - and UC Irvine researchers
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 22, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetics has a large say in blood formation.
Blood stem cells have the potential to turn into any type of ...
Blood stem cells have the potential to turn into any type of ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 20, 2014
Neuroscience
Only about 1% of Americans have schizophrenia, but the agitation, hearing of voices, and paranoia it causes can lead to
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 06, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
In a paper entitled, Concerning RNA-Guided Gene Drives for the Alteration of Wild Populations, recently published in eLi
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 04, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
It's sometimes noted that friends tend to look or dress alike, but a new study, the results of which were recently publi
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUL 29, 2014
Health & Medicine
The news is full of reports about the "obesity epidemic" in the U.S., and, in fact, the prevalence of obesity increased
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUL 23, 2014
Neuroscience
."
Temporal lobe epilepsy is a type of the disorder that's often difficult to control. Epilepsy affects 1 per ...
Temporal lobe epilepsy is a type of the disorder that's often difficult to control. Epilepsy affects 1 per ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 21, 2014
Immunology
New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, published in the current issue of JAMA Pediatrics, i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 18, 2014
Microbiology
UC Irvine School of Medicine researchers have learned how bacterial toxins that cause food-borne botulism are absorbed t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 08, 2014
Neuroscience
When a woman experiences a stressful event early in pregnancy, the risk that her child will develop autism spectrum diso
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 18, 2014
Neuroscience
Using powerful, newly developed cell culture and mouse models of sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), a team of researcher
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 13, 2014
Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 02, 2014
Health & Medicine
A study from researchers at Loma Linda University presented at the April 2014 Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 29, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Synthetic biology uses elemental building blocks and an engineering approach to create biological systems for specific u
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 19, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
After a decade-long effort a team of more than 140 scientists have deciphered the tsetse fly's (Glossina morsitans) geno
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 02, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
DNA nanorobots sound like something out of the X-Files, but it isn't science fiction - the concept has already been prov
...
APR 21, 2014
Technology
A group of researchers has successfully injected various types of DNA origami nanobots in living cockroaches (Blaberus d
...
MAR 25, 2014
Microbiology
Antibiotics have become increasingly less effective in the last few years, due in part to overuse and the subsequent res
...
JAN 31, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Can you lose weight by inducing fat cells to burn other fat cells? That's a little simplistic, but that's the gist of a
...
JAN 28, 2014
Health & Medicine
For many people who have lost a leg through accident, war, or disease, a prosthetic leg represents a huge step in recove
...
DEC 26, 2013
Genetics & Genomics
While DNA forms the basis of life, it can also go astray, causing problems within the human body. One such variety of tr
...