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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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DEC 11, 2017Videos
Teenagers can be challenging to be around. Hormones, attitude and all the drama can make it a hard part of life. Most of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 07, 2017Videos
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that could affect the health of thousands. From overuse of antibiotic drugs, some bac ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 05, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Summary of ethical principles for biotechnology advances in human disease set forth by global summitWritten By: Courtney SchaalDEC 05, 2017Cancer
Virtually every type of cancer has metastatic potential – that is, the tumor cells can leave its original site and ...DEC 04, 2017Cancer
It’s tragically ironic that in cancer medicine, sometimes the process of killing off cancer cells can spur new tum ...DEC 04, 2017Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2017Microbiology
As many of us are aware, the antimicrobial resistance crisis is now regarded as a global public health threat. Bacterial ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 29, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
New evidence that chromatin rearranges in a reversible manner in drug resistant cancer cellsWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing health problem, one that already kills an estimated 23,000 people every year in the U ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2017Microbiology
Candida auris is a type of yeast identified as an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe illness in hospitalized p ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 12, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Bacteria has continued to evolve, becoming resistant to antibiotics, but scientists have found a screen to help combat t ...Written By: Courtney SchaalNOV 10, 2017Immunology
The only way to overcome multidrug-resistant bacteria is to design a drug that bacteria have never encountered. In a new ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2017Cancer
By carefully observing how DNA is packaged inside of cancer cells, scientists have developed a therapy that they say can ...NOV 09, 2017Videos
The antibiotic resistance crisis has threatened the treatment and prevention of infections caused by bacteria, viruses a ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 08, 2017Microbiology
Over the last several decades the growth of the aquaculture industry has accelerated. Aquaculture can be defined as the ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 03, 2017Cancer
A dense metal found in space rocks could be the kryptonite for cancer cells, researchers announced. The metal is known a ...OCT 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans are not alone in developing Alzheimer's Disease, although it is seen in very few other species.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2017Neuroscience
It’s often said that to be a winner, one must think like a winner. Putting your mind to a goal of winning a tennis ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 24, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest infections in the world. Part of the problem is the extended period of ti ...OCT 20, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are always looking for new ways to treat cancer more effectively, and utilizing mechanisms that we already h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 16, 2017Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in ChinaWritten By: Sarah HertrichOCT 09, 2017Microbiology
The influenza viruses that cause flu in people have high rates of mutation that allows them to evolve quickly, and scien ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2017Videos
Bacteria were first reported on September 17, 1683, by Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who had observed single- ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in DNA can have a variety of harmful effects, but sometimes a mutation can confer a benefit.Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2017
Videos
Teenagers can be challenging to be around. Hormones, attitude and all the drama can make it a hard part of life. Most of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 07, 2017
Videos
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that could affect the health of thousands. From overuse of antibiotic drugs, some bac
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 05, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Summary of ethical principles for biotechnology advances in human disease set forth by global summit
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 05, 2017
Cancer
Virtually every type of cancer has metastatic potential – that is, the tumor cells can leave its original site and
...
DEC 04, 2017
Cancer
It’s tragically ironic that in cancer medicine, sometimes the process of killing off cancer cells can spur new tum
...
DEC 04, 2017
Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2017
Microbiology
As many of us are aware, the antimicrobial resistance crisis is now regarded as a global public health threat. Bacterial
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 29, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
New evidence that chromatin rearranges in a reversible manner in drug resistant cancer cells
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing health problem, one that already kills an estimated 23,000 people every year in the U
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2017
Microbiology
Candida auris is a type of yeast identified as an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe illness in hospitalized p
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 12, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Bacteria has continued to evolve, becoming resistant to antibiotics, but scientists have found a screen to help combat t
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 10, 2017
Immunology
The only way to overcome multidrug-resistant bacteria is to design a drug that bacteria have never encountered. In a new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2017
Cancer
By carefully observing how DNA is packaged inside of cancer cells, scientists have developed a therapy that they say can
...
NOV 09, 2017
Videos
The antibiotic resistance crisis has threatened the treatment and prevention of infections caused by bacteria, viruses a
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 08, 2017
Microbiology
Over the last several decades the growth of the aquaculture industry has accelerated. Aquaculture can be defined as the
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 03, 2017
Cancer
A dense metal found in space rocks could be the kryptonite for cancer cells, researchers announced. The metal is known a
...
OCT 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans are not alone in developing Alzheimer's Disease, although it is seen in very few other species.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2017
Neuroscience
It’s often said that to be a winner, one must think like a winner. Putting your mind to a goal of winning a tennis
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 24, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest infections in the world. Part of the problem is the extended period of ti
...
OCT 20, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are always looking for new ways to treat cancer more effectively, and utilizing mechanisms that we already h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2017
Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in China
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 09, 2017
Microbiology
The influenza viruses that cause flu in people have high rates of mutation that allows them to evolve quickly, and scien
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2017
Videos
Bacteria were first reported on September 17, 1683, by Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who had observed single-
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in DNA can have a variety of harmful effects, but sometimes a mutation can confer a benefit.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch