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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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MAR 23, 2020Cardiology
New research has found that eating tofu and other foods rich in isoflavones such as chickpeas and peanuts may lower one& ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 23, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies aim to diagnose a disease with only a bit of biological fluid, usually blood.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2020Cancer
Fewer people are dying from melanoma in the United States, suggests new research from the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NY ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 19, 2020Cardiology
New research has shown that having bariatric surgery, by means of having a gastric band placed around the stomach to res ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 18, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Like mixing oil and water, cells use phase separation to organize and separate their contents.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2020Cancer
Cancer treatments have a lot of side effects. For breast cancer chemotherapies that use drugs like anthracycline an ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 18, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus that causes an illness called COVID-19. There are now well over 210,000 confirmed cases worl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers screened thousands of target molecules to find the most effective targets, and have made their data openly a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2020Immunology
Structurally, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) are spherical shells consisting of a lipid membrane, with a co ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 16, 2020Cancer
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine from scientists collaborating from the Karolinska Institutet, i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 15, 2020Microbiology
It now seems that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is spreading through communities in many places worldwide.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2020Genetics & Genomics
As data is collected on the pandemic virus, it appears to be collecting mutations at a rate of about 24 every year.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2020Cancer
Past studies and a strategy put forth by the WHO have predicted that it is possible to eradicate cervical cancer within ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 12, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Epigenetic changes modify how genes are switched on and off, without altering DNA’s genetic code sequence. These e ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 11, 2020Microbiology
In a move many have expected, WHO has declared that the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which causes an illness called CO ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 10, 2020Microbiology
The vast majority (97.5%) of people will develop symptoms of infection within 11.5 days of exposure to the virus.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have made numerous advances in bioengineering, bioprinting, and nanolithography.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2020Microbiology
The CDC continues to issue new guidance related to the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the COVID-19 illness i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2020Neuroscience
Schizophrenia is a chronic neurological disorder that affects around 3.5 million people in the US; three quarters of the ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 08, 2020Cancer
A new study led by scientists at the University of Sussex suggests an alternative treatment strategy for patients diagno ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 07, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
As COVID-19 has spread around the world, there has been a global run on surgical masks. This has led some governments, s ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
New research published in the journal Science Translational Medicine shows that that a scorpion-derived proteins could s ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 06, 2020Microbiology
The number of Americans who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 is increasing, and as more people are tested, that number is on ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers, biotech and pharmaceutical companies are scrambling to put an end to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) out ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
MAR 23, 2020
Cardiology
New research has found that eating tofu and other foods rich in isoflavones such as chickpeas and peanuts may lower one&
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 23, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies aim to diagnose a disease with only a bit of biological fluid, usually blood.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2020
Cancer
Fewer people are dying from melanoma in the United States, suggests new research from the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NY
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 19, 2020
Cardiology
New research has shown that having bariatric surgery, by means of having a gastric band placed around the stomach to res
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 18, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Like mixing oil and water, cells use phase separation to organize and separate their contents.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2020
Cancer
Cancer treatments have a lot of side effects. For breast cancer chemotherapies that use drugs like anthracycline an
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 18, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus that causes an illness called COVID-19. There are now well over 210,000 confirmed cases worl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers screened thousands of target molecules to find the most effective targets, and have made their data openly a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2020
Immunology
Structurally, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) are spherical shells consisting of a lipid membrane, with a co
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 16, 2020
Cancer
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine from scientists collaborating from the Karolinska Institutet, i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 15, 2020
Microbiology
It now seems that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is spreading through communities in many places worldwide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
As data is collected on the pandemic virus, it appears to be collecting mutations at a rate of about 24 every year.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2020
Cancer
Past studies and a strategy put forth by the WHO have predicted that it is possible to eradicate cervical cancer within
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 12, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Epigenetic changes modify how genes are switched on and off, without altering DNA’s genetic code sequence. These e
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 11, 2020
Microbiology
In a move many have expected, WHO has declared that the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which causes an illness called CO
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2020
Microbiology
The vast majority (97.5%) of people will develop symptoms of infection within 11.5 days of exposure to the virus.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have made numerous advances in bioengineering, bioprinting, and nanolithography.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2020
Microbiology
The CDC continues to issue new guidance related to the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the COVID-19 illness i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2020
Neuroscience
Schizophrenia is a chronic neurological disorder that affects around 3.5 million people in the US; three quarters of the
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 08, 2020
Cancer
A new study led by scientists at the University of Sussex suggests an alternative treatment strategy for patients diagno
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 07, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
As COVID-19 has spread around the world, there has been a global run on surgical masks. This has led some governments, s
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
New research published in the journal Science Translational Medicine shows that that a scorpion-derived proteins could s
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 06, 2020
Microbiology
The number of Americans who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 is increasing, and as more people are tested, that number is on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers, biotech and pharmaceutical companies are scrambling to put an end to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) out
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes