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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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DEC 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
We know that regular exercise is good for us, and now researchers have learned more about why vigorous activity can ease ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2017Cardiology
Key differences between two cardiovascular conditions call for drugs with different therapeutic activity to successfully ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 28, 2017Health & Medicine
When scientists study how viruses mutate and spread, it involves working with very dangerous strains of bacteria. Three ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 27, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that obesity affects the health of hematopoietic stem cells, which make blood.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
various medicine chemistry toolsWritten By: Courtney SchaalDEC 26, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has an incredible ability; it can remember infections it has already encountered.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2017Microbiology
One way that bacterial infections get around antibiotics is by using sleeper cells; these special cells lie dormant, sur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2017Immunology
Immune cells in the uterus that produce important growth-promoting factors could be both the explanation for and the sol ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 25, 2017Plants & Animals
The Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii) lives around the Western coastline of Africa, but scientists now fear that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The seasonal theme of these gorgeous images was generated using a new laser-based imaging technique for monitoring cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2017Microbiology
Once thought to be a sterile environment free of microbes, scientists have directly observed bacteria living in snow and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2017Immunology
Immune cells that travel from tissue to tissue need to be able to adapt to different tissues, including the high-acidity ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 22, 2017Health & Medicine
The field of lab-grown organs referred to as "organoids" is one that is growing exponentially. By creating min ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 21, 2017Immunology
Plucking monocytes out of the human bloodstream is one approach to creating personalized cancer treatments, but this imm ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Several years ago, the NIH imposed a moratorium on funding for some types of research that involved altering three deadl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2017Genetics & Genomics
The field of personalized medicine studies how individual differences in genes impact drug efficacy.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2017Infographics
Did you know that stem cells were first discovered in 1868 by German biologist Ernst Haeckel? Or that the first successf ...Written By: Jennifer EllisDEC 19, 2017Immunology
There’s more to blood platelets than blood clotting, according to scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat M ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 19, 2017Neuroscience
Huntington's disease is a devastating neurobiological illness that happens at the molecular level in the brain. The ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have uncovered revealing new details about a mysterious class of proteins, and the work could help researche ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2017Earth & The Environment
Ho ho ho, and happy holidays to all! All, that is, except for the environment, which takes a major toll in carbon footpr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 18, 2017Cancer
Most cancers kill by invading distant parts of the body where treatment is more difficult to reach. Among these places, ...DEC 15, 2017Genetics & Genomics
A commonly prescribed class of drugs, glucocorticoids, are used for their anti-inflammatory effects. They have side effe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Narwhals have become somewhat famous because of that catchy Weebl’s Stuff song. While these unicorns of the sea lo ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
DEC 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
We know that regular exercise is good for us, and now researchers have learned more about why vigorous activity can ease
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2017
Cardiology
Key differences between two cardiovascular conditions call for drugs with different therapeutic activity to successfully
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
When scientists study how viruses mutate and spread, it involves working with very dangerous strains of bacteria. Three
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 27, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that obesity affects the health of hematopoietic stem cells, which make blood.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
various medicine chemistry tools
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 26, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has an incredible ability; it can remember infections it has already encountered.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2017
Microbiology
One way that bacterial infections get around antibiotics is by using sleeper cells; these special cells lie dormant, sur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells in the uterus that produce important growth-promoting factors could be both the explanation for and the sol
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
The Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii) lives around the Western coastline of Africa, but scientists now fear that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The seasonal theme of these gorgeous images was generated using a new laser-based imaging technique for monitoring cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2017
Microbiology
Once thought to be a sterile environment free of microbes, scientists have directly observed bacteria living in snow and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells that travel from tissue to tissue need to be able to adapt to different tissues, including the high-acidity
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 22, 2017
Health & Medicine
The field of lab-grown organs referred to as "organoids" is one that is growing exponentially. By creating min
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 21, 2017
Immunology
Plucking monocytes out of the human bloodstream is one approach to creating personalized cancer treatments, but this imm
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Several years ago, the NIH imposed a moratorium on funding for some types of research that involved altering three deadl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
The field of personalized medicine studies how individual differences in genes impact drug efficacy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2017
Infographics
Did you know that stem cells were first discovered in 1868 by German biologist Ernst Haeckel? Or that the first successf
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 19, 2017
Immunology
There’s more to blood platelets than blood clotting, according to scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat M
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 19, 2017
Neuroscience
Huntington's disease is a devastating neurobiological illness that happens at the molecular level in the brain. The
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have uncovered revealing new details about a mysterious class of proteins, and the work could help researche
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Ho ho ho, and happy holidays to all! All, that is, except for the environment, which takes a major toll in carbon footpr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 18, 2017
Cancer
Most cancers kill by invading distant parts of the body where treatment is more difficult to reach. Among these places,
...
DEC 15, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
A commonly prescribed class of drugs, glucocorticoids, are used for their anti-inflammatory effects. They have side effe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Narwhals have become somewhat famous because of that catchy Weebl’s Stuff song. While these unicorns of the sea lo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard