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Genetic Disease
Genetic diseases are disorders stemming from mutations in an individual's DNA sequence. These conditions can be a result of mutations in a single or multiple genes. An example of a genetic disease is cystic fibrosis: an inherited, progressive disease that affects the respiratory system.
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MAY 14, 2018Cancer
Computational Oncology is an emerging field of science and medicine aimed at using mathematical and computer modeling sy ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 09, 2018Genetics & Genomics
A database of biomarkers has been built with machine learning. It includes over 10,000 mutations from 120 genes that hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2018Microbiology
Phages are viruses that infect bacteria; scientists have found that the same phage can have a markedly different effect ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2018Immunology
What’s happening on the molecular level that ensures protective T cells of the immune system will do their job? A ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 08, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about the microbes that we carry in and on our bodies, and how they impact our health.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Drug resistance is a growing threat to public health and is responsible for the death of around 23,000 people every year ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2018Microbiology
West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne disease with no effective treatments and no vaccine. That may be changing.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2018Cardiology
Depending on where an immune cell is during injury to the heart, like during a heart attack, their activity can either b ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 03, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer which is a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities that ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 02, 2018Immunology
The measles virus was caught leaving infected cells by the scientific paparazzi, that is, experts from Emory Health Scie ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 02, 2018Genetics & Genomics
A research team has learned more about the genes that influence our hair color.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
A new method can assess how the cell's protein factory is working, leading to a better understanding of viral proteins.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2018Cancer
Researchers have developed a microfluidic device that can detect circulating plasma cells in whole blood; therefore, neg ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 01, 2018Immunology
Horses, like humans, are susceptible to infections by the influenza virus. And like other animals, horses are capable of ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 01, 2018Cancer
CNS tumor classification changed in 2016 to incorporate tumor molecular markers. Researchers look at CNS tumor cells and ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 01, 2018Cancer
Telomeres are shortened with each cell division except when telomerase is present; cancer cells restore telomerase activ ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 01, 2018Neuroscience
It's been called both a crisis and an epidemic and health professionals do not throw those terms around casually. Th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 29, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
The hypothalamus is a part of the brain that plays important roles in hunger, and the feeling of having eaten enough.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2018Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool was made from an immune defense system used by bacteria. Scientists have found it has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2018Cardiology
Using a web tool called GeneMatcher, scientists from Baylor College of Medicine studying defective copies of the ari-1 g ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 25, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have been using a new tool in biomedical research to more closely mimic human biology - mini models of human ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2018Cardiology
The same molecular pathway that is responsible for preventing adult heart cells from regenerating after being damaged - ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 24, 2018Microbiology
A new study has found that drinkers carry more disease-linked-bacteria than non-drinkers.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem want to identify individual genes responsible for specific diseases. ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAY 14, 2018
Cancer
Computational Oncology is an emerging field of science and medicine aimed at using mathematical and computer modeling sy
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 09, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
A database of biomarkers has been built with machine learning. It includes over 10,000 mutations from 120 genes that hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2018
Microbiology
Phages are viruses that infect bacteria; scientists have found that the same phage can have a markedly different effect
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2018
Immunology
What’s happening on the molecular level that ensures protective T cells of the immune system will do their job? A
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 08, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about the microbes that we carry in and on our bodies, and how they impact our health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Drug resistance is a growing threat to public health and is responsible for the death of around 23,000 people every year
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2018
Microbiology
West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne disease with no effective treatments and no vaccine. That may be changing.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2018
Cardiology
Depending on where an immune cell is during injury to the heart, like during a heart attack, their activity can either b
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 03, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer which is a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities that
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 02, 2018
Immunology
The measles virus was caught leaving infected cells by the scientific paparazzi, that is, experts from Emory Health Scie
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 02, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
A research team has learned more about the genes that influence our hair color.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new method can assess how the cell's protein factory is working, leading to a better understanding of viral proteins.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2018
Cancer
Researchers have developed a microfluidic device that can detect circulating plasma cells in whole blood; therefore, neg
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 01, 2018
Immunology
Horses, like humans, are susceptible to infections by the influenza virus. And like other animals, horses are capable of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 01, 2018
Cancer
CNS tumor classification changed in 2016 to incorporate tumor molecular markers. Researchers look at CNS tumor cells and
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 01, 2018
Cancer
Telomeres are shortened with each cell division except when telomerase is present; cancer cells restore telomerase activ
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 01, 2018
Neuroscience
It's been called both a crisis and an epidemic and health professionals do not throw those terms around casually. Th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 29, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
The hypothalamus is a part of the brain that plays important roles in hunger, and the feeling of having eaten enough.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool was made from an immune defense system used by bacteria. Scientists have found it has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2018
Cardiology
Using a web tool called GeneMatcher, scientists from Baylor College of Medicine studying defective copies of the ari-1 g
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 25, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have been using a new tool in biomedical research to more closely mimic human biology - mini models of human
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2018
Cardiology
The same molecular pathway that is responsible for preventing adult heart cells from regenerating after being damaged -
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 24, 2018
Microbiology
A new study has found that drinkers carry more disease-linked-bacteria than non-drinkers.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem want to identify individual genes responsible for specific diseases.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker