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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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MAR 14, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can often cause neurologic complications, 40% of patients with HIV present with neuro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
While there is a lot of skepticism surrounding genetically modified foods, they have helped solve serious problems in ag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2017Immunology
At the end of the eighteenth century, a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia killed nearly ten percent of the ci ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
There is a lack of reliable treatment options for autism, due in part to a poor understanding of how the disease works o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2017Immunology
Senior author of a new Science Signaling study Dr. Manish Butte describes T cells as like “the shy person a ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 08, 2017Cancer
Colon and rectal cancer rate are on the rise, especially in the young, as outlined in the following video. Scientists do ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2017Microbiology
There’s more news on the gut microbiome - researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that Park ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 07, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a novel way to determine stem cell fate earlier than current techniques allow. Stem cells hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2017Cardiology
The human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. Now, a new 3D organ-on-a-chip can mimic t ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 06, 2017Cancer
Exercise and/or psychological therapy work better than medications to reduce cancer-related fatigue and should be recomm ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 02, 2017Immunology
For individuals with asthma using a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) to prevent or relieve symptoms, there is a good chance th ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 01, 2017Microbiology
Wolbachia is an intracellular bacterium that infects many insects. In doing so, it actually alters how insects reproduce ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 28, 2017Neuroscience
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious medical issue that can affect any woman after she gives birth. The Centers for ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Diets that restrict caloric intake tend to result in healthier outcomes in mice and people, when it comes to both aging ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2017Neuroscience
When a patient is completely paralyzed, as happens after brain injury or illness, communication can be difficult if not ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Genes are the blueprint for an organism, they contain the instructions to build functional cells. But those instructiona ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2017Immunology
An unexpected interaction between regulatory immune cells and antibody-producing plasma cells surprised scientists, but ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2017Videos
Bed bugs may not seem like much of a problem in modern America and other developed countries (except for the occasional ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 21, 2017Health & Medicine
February 21, 2017 – Results from a new Phase 3 study conducted by the Celgene Corporation demonstrate that ozanimo ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)FEB 20, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A new molecule has been found and it could help in the development of new antibiotics – a major priority for publi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2017Microbiology
People have attempted to use ricin as a bioterrorism agent on many occasions throughout the world, and in one incident i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Brain tumors are difficult to detect, often only becoming apparent long after symptoms like seizures have begun. New wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Despite being well-known in the medical arena, diagnosing Parkinson’s disease correctly can be quite challenging s ...FEB 16, 2017Cardiology
The experience of side effects while taking statin drugs is the strongest predictor of an individual’s fail ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAR 14, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can often cause neurologic complications, 40% of patients with HIV present with neuro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
While there is a lot of skepticism surrounding genetically modified foods, they have helped solve serious problems in ag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2017
Immunology
At the end of the eighteenth century, a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia killed nearly ten percent of the ci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
There is a lack of reliable treatment options for autism, due in part to a poor understanding of how the disease works o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2017
Immunology
Senior author of a new Science Signaling study Dr. Manish Butte describes T cells as like “the shy person a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 08, 2017
Cancer
Colon and rectal cancer rate are on the rise, especially in the young, as outlined in the following video. Scientists do
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2017
Microbiology
There’s more news on the gut microbiome - researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that Park
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 07, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a novel way to determine stem cell fate earlier than current techniques allow. Stem cells hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2017
Cardiology
The human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. Now, a new 3D organ-on-a-chip can mimic t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 06, 2017
Cancer
Exercise and/or psychological therapy work better than medications to reduce cancer-related fatigue and should be recomm
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 02, 2017
Immunology
For individuals with asthma using a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) to prevent or relieve symptoms, there is a good chance th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 01, 2017
Microbiology
Wolbachia is an intracellular bacterium that infects many insects. In doing so, it actually alters how insects reproduce
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 28, 2017
Neuroscience
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious medical issue that can affect any woman after she gives birth. The Centers for
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Diets that restrict caloric intake tend to result in healthier outcomes in mice and people, when it comes to both aging
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2017
Neuroscience
When a patient is completely paralyzed, as happens after brain injury or illness, communication can be difficult if not
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genes are the blueprint for an organism, they contain the instructions to build functional cells. But those instructiona
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2017
Immunology
An unexpected interaction between regulatory immune cells and antibody-producing plasma cells surprised scientists, but
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2017
Videos
Bed bugs may not seem like much of a problem in modern America and other developed countries (except for the occasional
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 21, 2017
Health & Medicine
February 21, 2017 – Results from a new Phase 3 study conducted by the Celgene Corporation demonstrate that ozanimo
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 20, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new molecule has been found and it could help in the development of new antibiotics – a major priority for publi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2017
Microbiology
People have attempted to use ricin as a bioterrorism agent on many occasions throughout the world, and in one incident i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Brain tumors are difficult to detect, often only becoming apparent long after symptoms like seizures have begun. New wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Despite being well-known in the medical arena, diagnosing Parkinson’s disease correctly can be quite challenging s
...
FEB 16, 2017
Cardiology
The experience of side effects while taking statin drugs is the strongest predictor of an individual’s fail
...
Written By:
Kara Marker