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Human health and disease
Human health and disease refers to understanding what contributes to human health (the staste of mental, social, and physical being) and what factors may deter health (such as disease, infection, etc.)
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DEC 20, 2017Health & Medicine
On every package of cigarettes sold in the United States, there is a warning about adverse health effects from smoking. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 19, 2017Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge ...DEC 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, 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 16, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Some diseases are directly related to dysfunction in the immune system, like type 1 diabetes. Scientists want to use rep ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 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, 2017Neuroscience
There are two forms of diabetes that most people are familiar with, Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 is when a person is born w ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a complicated relationship between stress and health; researchers have discovered a crucial link between stress ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 13, 2017Cancer
Spurred by previous results involving repurposed drugs, researchers wanted to test whether a cancer drug can help patien ...DEC 13, 2017Cardiology
"High blood sugar levels are not only unhealthy for adults; they're unhealthy for developing fetuses," say ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 12, 2017Neuroscience
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, now referred to as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), happens when a child has been exposed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Years of effort have been spent mapping the mechanisms that underlie yeast metabolism, and now that project is complete.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Cats are host to a common parasite. It is estimated that a whopping 30 to 50% of all humans on the planet carry it, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2017Videos
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that could affect the health of thousands. From overuse of antibiotic drugs, some bac ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 07, 2017Cardiology
One explanation for why heart failure develops goes all the way to the miniscule organelles inside individual cells. Fro ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 05, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Summary of ethical principles for biotechnology advances in human disease set forth by global summitWritten By: Courtney SchaalDEC 05, 2017Health & Medicine
Migraine headaches are a significant health problem for millions of people. In the United States, estimates put the numb ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 04, 2017Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 02, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are trying to find out how to use genetic data to improve metabolic health; they are discovering diets are n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2017Cardiology
If human heart cells could regenerate the way salamander or zebrafish cells can, then perhaps cardiovascular disease wou ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2017Microbiology
Rabies is a fatal viral disease that occurs in more than 150 countries and territories, causing more than 60,000 fatalit ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 30, 2017Health & Medicine
Lyme disease is on the rise in the United States, but not in the areas where it is most commonly found. Lyme disease can ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 30, 2017Microbiology
Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow growing spirochete that was first isolated from a pig in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sp ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
DEC 20, 2017
Health & Medicine
On every package of cigarettes sold in the United States, there is a warning about adverse health effects from smoking.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 19, 2017
Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge
...
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
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 16, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Some diseases are directly related to dysfunction in the immune system, like type 1 diabetes. Scientists want to use rep
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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
Neuroscience
There are two forms of diabetes that most people are familiar with, Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 is when a person is born w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a complicated relationship between stress and health; researchers have discovered a crucial link between stress
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2017
Cancer
Spurred by previous results involving repurposed drugs, researchers wanted to test whether a cancer drug can help patien
...
DEC 13, 2017
Cardiology
"High blood sugar levels are not only unhealthy for adults; they're unhealthy for developing fetuses," say
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 12, 2017
Neuroscience
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, now referred to as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), happens when a child has been exposed
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Years of effort have been spent mapping the mechanisms that underlie yeast metabolism, and now that project is complete.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cats are host to a common parasite. It is estimated that a whopping 30 to 50% of all humans on the planet carry it, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2017
Videos
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that could affect the health of thousands. From overuse of antibiotic drugs, some bac
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 07, 2017
Cardiology
One explanation for why heart failure develops goes all the way to the miniscule organelles inside individual cells. Fro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 05, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Summary of ethical principles for biotechnology advances in human disease set forth by global summit
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 05, 2017
Health & Medicine
Migraine headaches are a significant health problem for millions of people. In the United States, estimates put the numb
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 04, 2017
Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 02, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are trying to find out how to use genetic data to improve metabolic health; they are discovering diets are n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2017
Cardiology
If human heart cells could regenerate the way salamander or zebrafish cells can, then perhaps cardiovascular disease wou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2017
Microbiology
Rabies is a fatal viral disease that occurs in more than 150 countries and territories, causing more than 60,000 fatalit
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 30, 2017
Health & Medicine
Lyme disease is on the rise in the United States, but not in the areas where it is most commonly found. Lyme disease can
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 30, 2017
Microbiology
Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow growing spirochete that was first isolated from a pig in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sp
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich