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Human Biology
Human biology is the branch of biology that focuses on human beings and human populations; it encompasses all aspects of the human organism including genetics, ecology, anatomy and physiology, anthropology, and nutrition, among others. Human biology is related to other fields of biology such as medicine, primate biology, and biological anthropology.
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JUL 01, 2018Videos
This work could help eliminate animal models, and tailor medicine to the patient.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2018Microbiology
There are microbes that have found a way to use electricity for power, and scientists want to see how they can help us.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2018Genetics & Genomics
EDCs act similarly to hormones that we naturally produce, and are found in many household products.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
An unlimited supply of materials for transplants like bone grafts would be a game-changer.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2018Videos
It's not known exactly where the patient contracted the disease, but it was either Idaho or Oregon.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This is the first time a gene alteration has successfully changed behaviors associated with autism.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2018Microbiology
Tracing back to Indonesia, 1961, the current outbreak has been going on for over fifty years.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A multisystem developmental disorder with specific symptoms shared by seven patients had gone unexplained, but a new gen ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 28, 2018Microbiology
Researchers want to stop the contamination of extraterrestrial environments by earthly bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2018Immunology
The highly complex structure and function of human T cells made the creation of synthetic versions of the immune cells d ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2018Earth & The Environment
Hawaii was built by volcanoes, and the recent Kilauea eruption in Puna on the big island of Hawaii shows us in live-acti ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 26, 2018Cancer
An introduction to genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, and metabolomics.Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 26, 2018Cancer
A new article from Nature Communications published on June 18, 2018 now outlines a newly discovered connection between i ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 26, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
One company is using 3D printing to build human tissues; they've now made a structure with functional capillaries.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2018Neuroscience
When someone has lost a limb to amputation a common problem is "phantom pain." The limb is gone, but the brain ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 25, 2018Microbiology
The bacteria that live in our gut release compounds that might act as biomarkers, and may be a part of disease developme ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Our brains can adapt and learn; that changeability is called neural plasticity.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2018Videos
Researchers at Mass General have recently learned more about genetic factors that are contributing to a person's risk of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2018Microbiology
A teenage boy in North Central Florida presented with symptoms that defied diagnosis.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2018Microbiology
The human body can make a compound with a special power to fight viruses - an enzyme called viperin.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2018Videos
Stem cells were harvested from a mother and successfully transplanted into her growing fetus.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Alan Turing didn't only contribute to computing & mathematics. He also developed a theory about how biological patterns ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2018Immunology
Why do cases of cancer become more common as we get older? Scientists interested in explaining the so-called “Silv ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 20, 2018Genetics & Genomics
In a recent study, scientists sequenced the genome to find the mutation behind a disorder that causes blindness and para ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2018
Videos
This work could help eliminate animal models, and tailor medicine to the patient.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2018
Microbiology
There are microbes that have found a way to use electricity for power, and scientists want to see how they can help us.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
EDCs act similarly to hormones that we naturally produce, and are found in many household products.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
An unlimited supply of materials for transplants like bone grafts would be a game-changer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2018
Videos
It's not known exactly where the patient contracted the disease, but it was either Idaho or Oregon.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This is the first time a gene alteration has successfully changed behaviors associated with autism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2018
Microbiology
Tracing back to Indonesia, 1961, the current outbreak has been going on for over fifty years.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A multisystem developmental disorder with specific symptoms shared by seven patients had gone unexplained, but a new gen
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers want to stop the contamination of extraterrestrial environments by earthly bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2018
Immunology
The highly complex structure and function of human T cells made the creation of synthetic versions of the immune cells d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Hawaii was built by volcanoes, and the recent Kilauea eruption in Puna on the big island of Hawaii shows us in live-acti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 26, 2018
Cancer
An introduction to genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, and metabolomics.
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 26, 2018
Cancer
A new article from Nature Communications published on June 18, 2018 now outlines a newly discovered connection between i
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 26, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
One company is using 3D printing to build human tissues; they've now made a structure with functional capillaries.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2018
Neuroscience
When someone has lost a limb to amputation a common problem is "phantom pain." The limb is gone, but the brain
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 25, 2018
Microbiology
The bacteria that live in our gut release compounds that might act as biomarkers, and may be a part of disease developme
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our brains can adapt and learn; that changeability is called neural plasticity.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2018
Videos
Researchers at Mass General have recently learned more about genetic factors that are contributing to a person's risk of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2018
Microbiology
A teenage boy in North Central Florida presented with symptoms that defied diagnosis.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2018
Microbiology
The human body can make a compound with a special power to fight viruses - an enzyme called viperin.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2018
Videos
Stem cells were harvested from a mother and successfully transplanted into her growing fetus.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Alan Turing didn't only contribute to computing & mathematics. He also developed a theory about how biological patterns
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2018
Immunology
Why do cases of cancer become more common as we get older? Scientists interested in explaining the so-called “Silv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 20, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
In a recent study, scientists sequenced the genome to find the mutation behind a disorder that causes blindness and para
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch