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Disease: is a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms that is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
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AUG 28, 2024Microbiology
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world because of the diseases they carry, indulging malaria and dengue. Mosq ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Cells are defined by the genes they express. In human cells, there are thousands of different protein coding genes, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2024Space & Astronomy
The International Space Station (ISS) has been a beacon of scientific and medical research ever since the station’ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 14, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Proteomics tools allow researchers and clinicians to assess the proteins that are in a sample, such as human blood. A ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2024Microbiology
India is experiencing the most severe outbreak of a disease known as Chandipura virus in decades. Previous outbreaks hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
After decades of effort, scientists have made real progress in understanding multiple sclerosis. While researchers knew ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In some rare cases, people who are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have a partial or total recovery f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Oropouche virus (OROV) causes Oropouche fever (OROF); the first case was identified in a forest worker in Trinidad and T ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2024Genetics & Genomics
For a long time, gene expression seemed fairly straightforward. But in recent years, researchers have revealed many surp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are learning more about genomic sequences that are transcribed but never translated into protein, and once w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks carry the bacterium, Borrelia burgdoferi, which causes Lyme disease. Lyme is becoming more common as the climate c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2024Microbiology
When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 02, 2024Genetics & Genomics
It's extremely difficult to study the inner workings of the human brain, and researchers who seek to do so usually rely ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2024Earth & The Environment
Aspergillus is a common fungus that produces spores, which can be found in many indoor and outdoor environments. There a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
There are a variety of wearable health monitors, such as smartwatches. Scientists have now developed a monitor that meas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2024Earth & The Environment
We're nowhere near a world like the one in HBO's The Last of Us, but there have been notable increases in fungal infecti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Our genome is organized into chromosomes, which are shaped like little X's. Every time a cell divides, the genome ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Connective tissue is very important to the body. Some types of connective tissue link bones and joints, enabling us to m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic sequencing can be expensive, and sometimes it can give us some information about our health or families...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The human genome is contained in the nucleus of almost every cell in the body. But those cells also contain mitochondria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) https://www.cdc.gov/ibd/what-is-ibd.htm , the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is chronic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
When the TREX1 gene is functioning normally, it produces a protein that helps maintain DNA in cells throughout the body. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2024Microbiology
Aedes mosquitoes are serious disease vectors, and they carry dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, which all share clin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2024Genetics & Genomics
For decades, the study of genetic disease was focused on genes that code for protein. But scientists have now identified ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2024
Microbiology
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world because of the diseases they carry, indulging malaria and dengue. Mosq
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Cells are defined by the genes they express. In human cells, there are thousands of different protein coding genes, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The International Space Station (ISS) has been a beacon of scientific and medical research ever since the station’
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 14, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Proteomics tools allow researchers and clinicians to assess the proteins that are in a sample, such as human blood. A ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2024
Microbiology
India is experiencing the most severe outbreak of a disease known as Chandipura virus in decades. Previous outbreaks hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
After decades of effort, scientists have made real progress in understanding multiple sclerosis. While researchers knew
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In some rare cases, people who are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have a partial or total recovery f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Oropouche virus (OROV) causes Oropouche fever (OROF); the first case was identified in a forest worker in Trinidad and T
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
For a long time, gene expression seemed fairly straightforward. But in recent years, researchers have revealed many surp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are learning more about genomic sequences that are transcribed but never translated into protein, and once w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks carry the bacterium, Borrelia burgdoferi, which causes Lyme disease. Lyme is becoming more common as the climate c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2024
Microbiology
When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 02, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
It's extremely difficult to study the inner workings of the human brain, and researchers who seek to do so usually rely
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Aspergillus is a common fungus that produces spores, which can be found in many indoor and outdoor environments. There a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are a variety of wearable health monitors, such as smartwatches. Scientists have now developed a monitor that meas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
We're nowhere near a world like the one in HBO's The Last of Us, but there have been notable increases in fungal infecti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Our genome is organized into chromosomes, which are shaped like little X's. Every time a cell divides, the genome ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Connective tissue is very important to the body. Some types of connective tissue link bones and joints, enabling us to m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic sequencing can be expensive, and sometimes it can give us some information about our health or families...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome is contained in the nucleus of almost every cell in the body. But those cells also contain mitochondria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) https://www.cdc.gov/ibd/what-is-ibd.htm , the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is chronic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
When the TREX1 gene is functioning normally, it produces a protein that helps maintain DNA in cells throughout the body.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2024
Microbiology
Aedes mosquitoes are serious disease vectors, and they carry dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, which all share clin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
For decades, the study of genetic disease was focused on genes that code for protein. But scientists have now identified
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch