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Growth and development
Growth and development refers to the genetic and environmental factors leading to an increase in physical size and function/capability of a given organism.
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DEC 25, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to new breast cancer drug, trastuzumab deruxtecan. ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 23, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Muscles have a supply of restorative stem cells called satellite cells, and now they have identified a new type.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
In 2018, around ten million people around the globe were sickened by tuberculosis (TB) and about 1.5 million people were ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Down’s Syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder brought on by the presence of all of part of a third copy of chromosome ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 18, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Cancer cells can adapt to mutations in the genome that might kill the cells by altering the activity of their genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Using rat models of spinal cord injuries, Yasuhiro Shiga, MD, PhD, thought treating them with stem cell therapy would po ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 18, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
We are steadily losing our edge in the war against infectious bacteria. A huge surge in antibiotic resistance is threate ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 11, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
In trying to understand complex phenomena in the human body, researchers usually have to turn to oversimplified biologic ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
Research from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the University of Bristol, as well as flood analytics company Fathom, enc ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 09, 2019Immunology
Group A Streptococcus (GAS), the bacterial species famous for sore throat infections, have a secret weapon for circumven ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 09, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The most commonly prescribed diabetic medication for the Type 2 condition is ‘Metformin’—a drug with a ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 08, 2019Neuroscience
Scientists had suspected for some time that living in extreme environmental conditions- such as in harsh climates and in ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 02, 2019Cannabis Sciences
An estimated 16 percent of women use marijuana on a daily basis while pregnant, and a large majority of women do so with ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 29, 2019Cancer
New research published in the journal Cancers reports why flavonoids can aid in reducing the risk of colorectal cancer. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 25, 2019Neuroscience
Above: A video from Harvard Medical School describing how neural networks are studied, a summary of how they work, and w ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaNOV 24, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins are critical to biology, and are generated by vital, ancient cellular structures called ribosomes.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2019Earth & The Environment
How much energy will it actually take to power our growing population? If you’re like many, perhaps you feel that ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 17, 2019Neuroscience
New research has found that intelligence may play more of a role in a person’s ability to learn to play the piano ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 10, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found that a drug called rapamycin can help restore blood flow to the brain that is lost during aging.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Cannabinoid receptors of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) are vital pieces of the puzzle for the ECS to function correct ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 05, 2019Cannabis Sciences
It only takes one incidence of cannabinoid exposure during the first month of pregnancy to yield detrimental effects on ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 31, 2019Cancer
In a recent issue of Nature, the findings of one study made a particularly big splash: how and why cancer cells use ener ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 31, 2019Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists has now identified a process that plays a critical role in the growth of one part of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2019Cancer
The benefits of fasting have been known to scientists and medical professionals for some time now, however for many, the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 25, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to new breast cancer drug, trastuzumab deruxtecan.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 23, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Muscles have a supply of restorative stem cells called satellite cells, and now they have identified a new type.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
In 2018, around ten million people around the globe were sickened by tuberculosis (TB) and about 1.5 million people were
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Down’s Syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder brought on by the presence of all of part of a third copy of chromosome
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 18, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer cells can adapt to mutations in the genome that might kill the cells by altering the activity of their genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Using rat models of spinal cord injuries, Yasuhiro Shiga, MD, PhD, thought treating them with stem cell therapy would po
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 18, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
We are steadily losing our edge in the war against infectious bacteria. A huge surge in antibiotic resistance is threate
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 11, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
In trying to understand complex phenomena in the human body, researchers usually have to turn to oversimplified biologic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Research from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the University of Bristol, as well as flood analytics company Fathom, enc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 09, 2019
Immunology
Group A Streptococcus (GAS), the bacterial species famous for sore throat infections, have a secret weapon for circumven
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 09, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The most commonly prescribed diabetic medication for the Type 2 condition is ‘Metformin’—a drug with a
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 08, 2019
Neuroscience
Scientists had suspected for some time that living in extreme environmental conditions- such as in harsh climates and in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 02, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
An estimated 16 percent of women use marijuana on a daily basis while pregnant, and a large majority of women do so with
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2019
Cancer
New research published in the journal Cancers reports why flavonoids can aid in reducing the risk of colorectal cancer.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 25, 2019
Neuroscience
Above: A video from Harvard Medical School describing how neural networks are studied, a summary of how they work, and w
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
NOV 24, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins are critical to biology, and are generated by vital, ancient cellular structures called ribosomes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2019
Earth & The Environment
How much energy will it actually take to power our growing population? If you’re like many, perhaps you feel that
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 17, 2019
Neuroscience
New research has found that intelligence may play more of a role in a person’s ability to learn to play the piano
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 10, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found that a drug called rapamycin can help restore blood flow to the brain that is lost during aging.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabinoid receptors of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) are vital pieces of the puzzle for the ECS to function correct
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 05, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
It only takes one incidence of cannabinoid exposure during the first month of pregnancy to yield detrimental effects on
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 31, 2019
Cancer
In a recent issue of Nature, the findings of one study made a particularly big splash: how and why cancer cells use ener
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 31, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists has now identified a process that plays a critical role in the growth of one part of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2019
Cancer
The benefits of fasting have been known to scientists and medical professionals for some time now, however for many, the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan