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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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JUN 01, 2016Cancer
Invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed in nearly 13,000 American women this year. Although routine Pap screening has ...MAY 28, 2016Cancer
Not all mutations lead to cancer, but there are some that can cause DNA to scramble beyond recognition, forming massive ...MAY 26, 2016Microbiology
In March 2015, President Obama released The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. It is inte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2016Immunology
Humans have specialized immune cells designed to detect and kill abnormal cells, whether they are virally-infected or ca ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
By packing chemotherapy drugs in nanoscale lipid droplets, researchers say they may have found a new way to treat one of ...MAY 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is the leading cause of skin cancer, also known as melanoma. To prevent this, doctors often a ...MAY 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Turning back to nature’s marine medicine cabinet, scientists at the University of South Florida (USF) may have fou ...MAY 12, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a serious public health problem. Figuring out how antibiotic resistance genes disperse ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2016Immunology
B cells, which are mostly known for antibody production in the face of invading pathogens, provide another function in t ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 06, 2016Cancer
Prostate cancer represents a huge health risk for half the world’s population, as it is the most common form of ca ...APR 29, 2016Cancer
What do cancer researchers think is the most dangerous part of cancer? Metastasis. This is the ability of cancer to spre ...APR 22, 2016Videos
The problem of treatment resistant tumors in cancer research is complex but some new information might help. Researchers ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Mosquitos and Zika have dominated the headlines in the last several months. But in the midst of Zika, other mosquito-bor ...APR 08, 2016Videos
The goal of any cancer patient and their health care providers is to cure whatever kind of cancer is present and restore ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 05, 2016Health & Medicine
In an effort to understand how HIV evolves resistance to drugs, scientists have found that it may be possible to steer t ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 04, 2016Cancer
How do doctors and cancer patients know if their chemotherapy or radiation treatments are working to kill the tumor? Qui ...APR 01, 2016Cancer
A big issue in developing treatments for cancer is how to target the cytotoxic drugs to the tumor. Thankfully, a group f ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAR 30, 2016Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb” ...MAR 25, 2016Health & Medicine
Although a recent clinical trial had medical professionals worrying about the safety of patients taking incretin-based d ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Many people have heard of mesotheliomas through frightening television commercials. But little is known about treatment ...MAR 12, 2016Immunology
A new study of gut bacteria in premature infants highlights the problem of antibiotic resistance and stresses how extrem ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 09, 2016Microbiology
This just in, antibiotic resistance doesn’t spread through meat products. Researchers from Colorado State Universi ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 08, 2016Cardiology
Malaria killed about 440,000 people—mostly young children—last year, but a new drug candidate may help fight ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 04, 2016Health & Medicine
Without a system of protein interactions to govern when organisms like humans feel hungry and compelled to eat, there&rs ...Written By: Kara Marker
JUN 01, 2016
Cancer
Invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed in nearly 13,000 American women this year. Although routine Pap screening has
...
MAY 28, 2016
Cancer
Not all mutations lead to cancer, but there are some that can cause DNA to scramble beyond recognition, forming massive
...
MAY 26, 2016
Microbiology
In March 2015, President Obama released The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. It is inte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2016
Immunology
Humans have specialized immune cells designed to detect and kill abnormal cells, whether they are virally-infected or ca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
By packing chemotherapy drugs in nanoscale lipid droplets, researchers say they may have found a new way to treat one of
...
MAY 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is the leading cause of skin cancer, also known as melanoma. To prevent this, doctors often a
...
MAY 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Turning back to nature’s marine medicine cabinet, scientists at the University of South Florida (USF) may have fou
...
MAY 12, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a serious public health problem. Figuring out how antibiotic resistance genes disperse
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2016
Immunology
B cells, which are mostly known for antibody production in the face of invading pathogens, provide another function in t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 06, 2016
Cancer
Prostate cancer represents a huge health risk for half the world’s population, as it is the most common form of ca
...
APR 29, 2016
Cancer
What do cancer researchers think is the most dangerous part of cancer? Metastasis. This is the ability of cancer to spre
...
APR 22, 2016
Videos
The problem of treatment resistant tumors in cancer research is complex but some new information might help. Researchers
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mosquitos and Zika have dominated the headlines in the last several months. But in the midst of Zika, other mosquito-bor
...
APR 08, 2016
Videos
The goal of any cancer patient and their health care providers is to cure whatever kind of cancer is present and restore
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 05, 2016
Health & Medicine
In an effort to understand how HIV evolves resistance to drugs, scientists have found that it may be possible to steer t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 04, 2016
Cancer
How do doctors and cancer patients know if their chemotherapy or radiation treatments are working to kill the tumor? Qui
...
APR 01, 2016
Cancer
A big issue in developing treatments for cancer is how to target the cytotoxic drugs to the tumor. Thankfully, a group f
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAR 30, 2016
Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb”
...
MAR 25, 2016
Health & Medicine
Although a recent clinical trial had medical professionals worrying about the safety of patients taking incretin-based d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many people have heard of mesotheliomas through frightening television commercials. But little is known about treatment
...
MAR 12, 2016
Immunology
A new study of gut bacteria in premature infants highlights the problem of antibiotic resistance and stresses how extrem
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 09, 2016
Microbiology
This just in, antibiotic resistance doesn’t spread through meat products. Researchers from Colorado State Universi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 08, 2016
Cardiology
Malaria killed about 440,000 people—mostly young children—last year, but a new drug candidate may help fight
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 04, 2016
Health & Medicine
Without a system of protein interactions to govern when organisms like humans feel hungry and compelled to eat, there&rs
...
Written By:
Kara Marker