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Drug Resistance
Drug Resistance refers to microorganisms mutates and becomes insensitive to a drug that was previously effective. The term is used in the context of resistance that pathogens or cancers have "acquired", that is, resistance has evolved.
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NOV 08, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that drug-resistant bacteria can hang around even after deep cleaning. They used genome sequencin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2020Cancer
Research from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health& ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 02, 2020Immunology
In contrast to traditional chemotherapies, immunotherapies reprogram the patient’s own immune system to fight tumo ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 29, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from George Mason University in Washington DC have created a synthetic molecule from Komodo Dragon blood tha ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 26, 2020Cancer
Amongst the more common targets for cancer therapies are cell surface receptors. These receptors are proteins – us ...Written By: Jasper CantrellOCT 22, 2020Cancer
Researchers collaborating from St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute Vienna, King's College London, Inst ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have found drug that a drug activates the body’s immune system by behaving like a virus and may make ce ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 18, 2020Cancer
Research published recently in the journal Science Translational Medicine from scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Compr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 17, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found that our immune system has a surprising helper: droplets of fat that sit inside cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Glucagon is a hormone that prevents blood glucose levels from dropping too low by stimulating the liver to convert store ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can transmit the malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite to humans. Malaria was estimated to have caused the deat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2020Cannabis Sciences
A recent meta-analysis of 34 studies found that cannabis use may decrease one’s risk of developing certain kinds o ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 30, 2020Cancer
The transformation of a healthy cell into a cancerous one often comes with a slew of cellular signaling changes. T ...Written By: Jasper CantrellSEP 21, 2020Microbiology
When a person has a bacterial infection, doctors can prescribe antibiotics. Some antibiotics combos can work better than ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the search for drugs to combat the virus is ongoing. Now, scientists have found that ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 18, 2020Chemistry & Physics
General anesthesia refers to the medical procedure anesthesiologists applies to patients, in order to induce paraly ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 11, 2020Cancer
New cancer research is looking at treatment for the disease from an entirely new angle: structurally. While chemotherapy ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 10, 2020Cancer
A new drug developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield hopes to improve life expectancy and quality of life ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 09, 2020Microbiology
It's been estimated that fungal infections cause more than one million deaths worldwide, and many more are affected.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 03, 2020Immunology
Researchers in Costa Rica are turning to horses as an unlikely source of potential therapeutic antibodies against COVID- ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 31, 2020Cancer
Chemoresistance is a serious problem for many cancer therapies. Solutions to this problem are harder to come by than the ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 31, 2020Microbiology
Candida auris is a fungal pathogen that was initially reported in 2009. Its origins are unclear, but it has been found i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2020Microbiology
Trillions of microorganisms live in the human gut, and they have a significant impact nonhuman health. Researchers are l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
What exactly are antivitamins? They are substances no less that have the power to target the biological function of a ge ...Written By: Nouran Amin
NOV 08, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that drug-resistant bacteria can hang around even after deep cleaning. They used genome sequencin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2020
Cancer
Research from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health&
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 02, 2020
Immunology
In contrast to traditional chemotherapies, immunotherapies reprogram the patient’s own immune system to fight tumo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 29, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from George Mason University in Washington DC have created a synthetic molecule from Komodo Dragon blood tha
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 26, 2020
Cancer
Amongst the more common targets for cancer therapies are cell surface receptors. These receptors are proteins – us
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
OCT 22, 2020
Cancer
Researchers collaborating from St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute Vienna, King's College London, Inst
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have found drug that a drug activates the body’s immune system by behaving like a virus and may make ce
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 18, 2020
Cancer
Research published recently in the journal Science Translational Medicine from scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Compr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 17, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found that our immune system has a surprising helper: droplets of fat that sit inside cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Glucagon is a hormone that prevents blood glucose levels from dropping too low by stimulating the liver to convert store
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can transmit the malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite to humans. Malaria was estimated to have caused the deat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
A recent meta-analysis of 34 studies found that cannabis use may decrease one’s risk of developing certain kinds o
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 30, 2020
Cancer
The transformation of a healthy cell into a cancerous one often comes with a slew of cellular signaling changes. T
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
SEP 21, 2020
Microbiology
When a person has a bacterial infection, doctors can prescribe antibiotics. Some antibiotics combos can work better than
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the search for drugs to combat the virus is ongoing. Now, scientists have found that
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 18, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
General anesthesia refers to the medical procedure anesthesiologists applies to patients, in order to induce paraly
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 11, 2020
Cancer
New cancer research is looking at treatment for the disease from an entirely new angle: structurally. While chemotherapy
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2020
Cancer
A new drug developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield hopes to improve life expectancy and quality of life
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 09, 2020
Microbiology
It's been estimated that fungal infections cause more than one million deaths worldwide, and many more are affected.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2020
Immunology
Researchers in Costa Rica are turning to horses as an unlikely source of potential therapeutic antibodies against COVID-
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 31, 2020
Cancer
Chemoresistance is a serious problem for many cancer therapies. Solutions to this problem are harder to come by than the
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 31, 2020
Microbiology
Candida auris is a fungal pathogen that was initially reported in 2009. Its origins are unclear, but it has been found i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2020
Microbiology
Trillions of microorganisms live in the human gut, and they have a significant impact nonhuman health. Researchers are l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
What exactly are antivitamins? They are substances no less that have the power to target the biological function of a ge
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin