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Functional Medicine
Functional Medicine: is a form of alternative medicine which proponents say focuses on interactions between the environment and the gastrointestinal, endocrine, and immune systems, but competitors have described it as "pseudoscientific silliness" and quackery.
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AUG 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In a blog post by Carrie Wolinetz, the Associate Director for Science Policy, the NIH has announced that it is consideri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Obesity is known to increase a person’s risk for a host of diseases, including cardiovascular problems, diabetes, ...AUG 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
If we are to ever to use stem cells in therapeutics and regenerative medicine, there must be a complete understand ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A new sequencing technique that seeks to reveal important details about RNA has been developed by investigators at UCLA. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes recently took the company to a place it’s never been before: to one of the most popu ...AUG 04, 2016Neuroscience
General anesthesia carries many risks with it, as does any surgical procedure. The effect that anesthesia medication has ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 03, 2016Cancer
Some people who work the graveyard shift may be compensated more in pay, but scientific evidence suggest passing up on t ...AUG 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene therapy research for spinal muscular atrophy is seemingly on an onwards and upwards trajectory. In the last week, r ...AUG 02, 2016Microbiology
Commensal bacteria, the normal flora in the digestive tract, have a multitude of functions and are critical to health. O ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2016Cardiology
"The level of precision is reminiscent of what one can do in a computer model, except here it was done in real hear ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 01, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 1, 2016 – A new international collaboration involving scientists at The Scripps Resear ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 01, 2016Neuroscience
When brain tissue is damaged by injury or disease, it’s irreplaceable. Unlike organ transplants or bone and skin g ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Dysfunction in the immune system is associated with a few mental and neurological disorders. Scientists investigating th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2016Health & Medicine
A compelling new study from the Australian National University has uncovered hundreds of proteins scientists never knew ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 28, 2016Cancer
Metastatic melanoma is one of the most savage killers in its ability to escape detection and spread to other parts of th ...JUL 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s rare that a drug can be FDA-approved to treat a condition without a known mechanism behind the drug’s a ...JUL 27, 2016Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 27, 2016Neuroscience
Synapses are the connections between neurons that allow them to communicate with each other. When synapses become compro ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUL 27, 2016Neuroscience
There are many reasons to own a dog, not the least of which is the companionship they offer. Dogs are good company and o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 26, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Fifty-seven year old Chris King recently became the first recipient of a double hand transplant in the United Kingdom. K ...JUL 25, 2016Neuroscience
“My what a big brain you have!” While it’s true that the big bad wolf never said this to Little Red Ri ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 23, 2016Health & Medicine
You have probably heard of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzhe ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUL 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In a study recently published in Science, researchers have described a cage they compare to the capsule structure that s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2016Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a blog post by Carrie Wolinetz, the Associate Director for Science Policy, the NIH has announced that it is consideri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Obesity is known to increase a person’s risk for a host of diseases, including cardiovascular problems, diabetes,
...
AUG 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
If we are to ever to use stem cells in therapeutics and regenerative medicine, there must be a complete understand
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new sequencing technique that seeks to reveal important details about RNA has been developed by investigators at UCLA.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes recently took the company to a place it’s never been before: to one of the most popu
...
AUG 04, 2016
Neuroscience
General anesthesia carries many risks with it, as does any surgical procedure. The effect that anesthesia medication has
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 03, 2016
Cancer
Some people who work the graveyard shift may be compensated more in pay, but scientific evidence suggest passing up on t
...
AUG 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene therapy research for spinal muscular atrophy is seemingly on an onwards and upwards trajectory. In the last week, r
...
AUG 02, 2016
Microbiology
Commensal bacteria, the normal flora in the digestive tract, have a multitude of functions and are critical to health. O
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2016
Cardiology
"The level of precision is reminiscent of what one can do in a computer model, except here it was done in real hear
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 01, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 1, 2016 – A new international collaboration involving scientists at The Scripps Resear
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 01, 2016
Neuroscience
When brain tissue is damaged by injury or disease, it’s irreplaceable. Unlike organ transplants or bone and skin g
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Dysfunction in the immune system is associated with a few mental and neurological disorders. Scientists investigating th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
A compelling new study from the Australian National University has uncovered hundreds of proteins scientists never knew
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2016
Cancer
Metastatic melanoma is one of the most savage killers in its ability to escape detection and spread to other parts of th
...
JUL 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s rare that a drug can be FDA-approved to treat a condition without a known mechanism behind the drug’s a
...
JUL 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 27, 2016
Neuroscience
Synapses are the connections between neurons that allow them to communicate with each other. When synapses become compro
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUL 27, 2016
Neuroscience
There are many reasons to own a dog, not the least of which is the companionship they offer. Dogs are good company and o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 26, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Fifty-seven year old Chris King recently became the first recipient of a double hand transplant in the United Kingdom. K
...
JUL 25, 2016
Neuroscience
“My what a big brain you have!” While it’s true that the big bad wolf never said this to Little Red Ri
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
You have probably heard of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzhe
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUL 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a study recently published in Science, researchers have described a cage they compare to the capsule structure that s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2016
Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch