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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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APR 01, 2016Microbiology
A team of researchers announced in the journal Science that they’ve determined the structure of the Zika virus and ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 31, 2016Health & Medicine
There’s a reason mitochondria are called the “powerhouse of the cell.” They generate the majority of t ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 31, 2016Neuroscience
Autism is a disorder that is at the forefront of neuroscience research, because of the large numbers of children that ar ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation, a result from an overexcited, mi ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently added another invention to the emerging world of ...MAR 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires constant care and vigilance. To make regulating t ...MAR 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
What does Brad Pitt have in common with a fruit fly? They both have cowlicks—a swirl of hair caused by a patternin ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
If you want to harness the full power of stem cells, all you might need is an eraser. Not an ordinary eraser, of course. ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 22, 2016Neuroscience
When a person suffers a traumatic experience, whether it’s in a war or as a victim of a crime or accident, it can ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 21, 2016Neuroscience
The most common kind of stroke, an ischemic stroke, is caused by a blood clot which blocks the flow of oxygenated blood ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a brain implant that can turn the patient’s immune system against Alzheimer’s dise ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 18, 2016Immunology
How are macrophage immune cells activated during an inflammatory response when pathogens invade? Scientists thought they ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
The genetic culprit behind a rare recessive disorder has been identified, further allowing for great reaches into person ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 17, 2016Cardiology
Although the idea of a “cyborg heart patch” sounds like a stretch, Tel Aviv University scientists have made ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Wearable technologies are getting smarter everyday, incorporating biometrics about our bodies in new and unexpected ways ...MAR 14, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have developed functional heart tissue in a lab. Their work can be used to help grow heart tissue patches us ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 13, 2016Cardiology
The healthy, beneficial bacteria that live in the human gut break down choline and produce a compound called TMAO while ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 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 12, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine seeing the world through a set of frosted glasses – this is what vision with cataracts looks like, blurry ...MAR 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials have long suspected a correlation between the Zika virus and microcephaly, but they didn’t know t ...MAR 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — In the past, good science has been used for unethical purposes, like eugeni ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 10, 2016Cardiology
Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The Cleveland Clinic reported that the first uterus transplant in the U.S. has sadly failed. The organ was removed on Tu ...MAR 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As researchers are still working on a cure for Alzheimer’s, early diagnosis remains a critical step in treatment a ...
APR 01, 2016
Microbiology
A team of researchers announced in the journal Science that they’ve determined the structure of the Zika virus and
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 31, 2016
Health & Medicine
There’s a reason mitochondria are called the “powerhouse of the cell.” They generate the majority of t
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 31, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism is a disorder that is at the forefront of neuroscience research, because of the large numbers of children that ar
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation, a result from an overexcited, mi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently added another invention to the emerging world of
...
MAR 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires constant care and vigilance. To make regulating t
...
MAR 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
What does Brad Pitt have in common with a fruit fly? They both have cowlicks—a swirl of hair caused by a patternin
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
If you want to harness the full power of stem cells, all you might need is an eraser. Not an ordinary eraser, of course.
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 22, 2016
Neuroscience
When a person suffers a traumatic experience, whether it’s in a war or as a victim of a crime or accident, it can
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 21, 2016
Neuroscience
The most common kind of stroke, an ischemic stroke, is caused by a blood clot which blocks the flow of oxygenated blood
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a brain implant that can turn the patient’s immune system against Alzheimer’s dise
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 18, 2016
Immunology
How are macrophage immune cells activated during an inflammatory response when pathogens invade? Scientists thought they
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
The genetic culprit behind a rare recessive disorder has been identified, further allowing for great reaches into person
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 17, 2016
Cardiology
Although the idea of a “cyborg heart patch” sounds like a stretch, Tel Aviv University scientists have made
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Wearable technologies are getting smarter everyday, incorporating biometrics about our bodies in new and unexpected ways
...
MAR 14, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have developed functional heart tissue in a lab. Their work can be used to help grow heart tissue patches us
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 13, 2016
Cardiology
The healthy, beneficial bacteria that live in the human gut break down choline and produce a compound called TMAO while
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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 12, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine seeing the world through a set of frosted glasses – this is what vision with cataracts looks like, blurry
...
MAR 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials have long suspected a correlation between the Zika virus and microcephaly, but they didn’t know t
...
MAR 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — In the past, good science has been used for unethical purposes, like eugeni
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 10, 2016
Cardiology
Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The Cleveland Clinic reported that the first uterus transplant in the U.S. has sadly failed. The organ was removed on Tu
...
MAR 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As researchers are still working on a cure for Alzheimer’s, early diagnosis remains a critical step in treatment a
...