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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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OCT 01, 2017Microbiology
Research has found a backup plan that cells use when the immune response is being evaded by pathogenic bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in DNA can have a variety of harmful effects, but sometimes a mutation can confer a benefit.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2017Immunology
A unique interaction between immune cells and the nervous system could explain why older people have more belly fat - an ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 27, 2017Cardiology
As far as regenerating damaged heart tissue, zebrafish have it all figured out. With heart disease being the leading cau ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 26, 2017Health & Medicine
Following a heart attack, healthy heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, die and transform into scar tissue cells, c ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 26, 2017Microbiology
Humans share a close relationship with bacteria. New work has suggested our nervous system helps shape the bacterial pop ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2017Immunology
With no FDA-approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat Ebola, those affected rely on the immune system to save them f ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Through the Human Research Program (HRP), NASA wants to find the safest ways to move humans through space.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2017Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Enzymes play critical roles in our metabolism; one is known as an important regulator food fat in the human body - phosp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2017Cancer
With cancer putting up such strong fight, scientists are resorting to more unconventional therapies to give them the edg ...SEP 22, 2017Cardiology
Why can’t humans regrow their organs like some organisms can? It certainly would help repair some of the damage do ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has to defend against many kinds of foreign invaders, like bacterial pathogens or viruses. But first, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2017Cancer
The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a vital player in the development of colon cancer. But good bacteria, s ...SEP 21, 2017Immunology
Immune cells are capable of making repairs in an intestine damaged by inflammatory bowel diseases. Either by boosting th ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 20, 2017Plants & Animals
Have you ever noticed how many elderly folks tend to need hearing aids or ask you to speak louder so they can hear you? ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 20, 2017Neuroscience
Most people have experienced it. A person yawns and then a few minutes later, another person nearby yawns. Is it always ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 18, 2017Cancer
By scrutinizing the physical and genetic properties of neuroblastoma, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Ph ...SEP 15, 2017Cardiology
Sepsis is the tenth most common cause of death in the United States, but most of those deaths aren’t directly due ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 15, 2017Microbiology
A new type of enzyme has been discovered in hundreds of bacterial species, and researchers say it helps reveal how bacte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
While the changes were small, investigators believe they have found evidence that humans are still undergoing evolutiona ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2017Immunology
A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 10, 2017Microbiology
Inflammation is a common feature of many diseases, and researchers wanted to know more about whether dormant bacteria ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at a University of Colorado Cancer Center want to perfect the use of gold nanoparticles in cancer therapeuti ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2017
Microbiology
Research has found a backup plan that cells use when the immune response is being evaded by pathogenic bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in DNA can have a variety of harmful effects, but sometimes a mutation can confer a benefit.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2017
Immunology
A unique interaction between immune cells and the nervous system could explain why older people have more belly fat - an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 27, 2017
Cardiology
As far as regenerating damaged heart tissue, zebrafish have it all figured out. With heart disease being the leading cau
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
Following a heart attack, healthy heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, die and transform into scar tissue cells, c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 26, 2017
Microbiology
Humans share a close relationship with bacteria. New work has suggested our nervous system helps shape the bacterial pop
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2017
Immunology
With no FDA-approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat Ebola, those affected rely on the immune system to save them f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Through the Human Research Program (HRP), NASA wants to find the safest ways to move humans through space.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2017
Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Enzymes play critical roles in our metabolism; one is known as an important regulator food fat in the human body - phosp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2017
Cancer
With cancer putting up such strong fight, scientists are resorting to more unconventional therapies to give them the edg
...
SEP 22, 2017
Cardiology
Why can’t humans regrow their organs like some organisms can? It certainly would help repair some of the damage do
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our immune system has to defend against many kinds of foreign invaders, like bacterial pathogens or viruses. But first,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2017
Cancer
The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a vital player in the development of colon cancer. But good bacteria, s
...
SEP 21, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells are capable of making repairs in an intestine damaged by inflammatory bowel diseases. Either by boosting th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
Have you ever noticed how many elderly folks tend to need hearing aids or ask you to speak louder so they can hear you?
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Most people have experienced it. A person yawns and then a few minutes later, another person nearby yawns. Is it always
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 18, 2017
Cancer
By scrutinizing the physical and genetic properties of neuroblastoma, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Ph
...
SEP 15, 2017
Cardiology
Sepsis is the tenth most common cause of death in the United States, but most of those deaths aren’t directly due
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 15, 2017
Microbiology
A new type of enzyme has been discovered in hundreds of bacterial species, and researchers say it helps reveal how bacte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
While the changes were small, investigators believe they have found evidence that humans are still undergoing evolutiona
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2017
Immunology
A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 10, 2017
Microbiology
Inflammation is a common feature of many diseases, and researchers wanted to know more about whether dormant bacteria ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at a University of Colorado Cancer Center want to perfect the use of gold nanoparticles in cancer therapeuti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch