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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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AUG 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have identified a drug that has slowed the progression of a rare genetic disease in clinical trials.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2017Immunology
Immune cells all over the body protect native human cells from pathogens like bacteria and viruses, but in the testis, i ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2017Microbiology
Evidently, we’ve entered the next generation of probiotics. From what I gather, next-generation probiotics are rat ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 09, 2017Immunology
Too much inflammation in the gut triggers inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). There are immune cells specifically designed ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 09, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Sometimes medical problems are brought on by the most common household items. In the case of a 62-year-old man, doctors ...AUG 09, 2017Microbiology
Trying to get bacteria out of a kitchen sponge is apparently harder than we thought.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
People that suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome might feel some relief just knowing that biomarkers have now been assoc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2017Immunology
An intricate relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the part of the brain that senses smell contribute ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 03, 2017Cardiology
Using in vitro fertilization (IVF), scientists are introducing genetic editing machinery into egg and sperm cells to pre ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology proposes that shrinking of the Salton Sea saline lake i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 02, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have made a breakthrough by successfully repairing a deleterious genetic mutation in a human embryo that cau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2017Microbiology
Microbes live in symbiosis with animals, and those microbial communities can have a big impact on the health of their ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks don’t have to bite you to be dangerous. A Japanese woman recently passed away from a tick-born ...JUL 31, 2017Videos
Since the sequencing of the human genome, researchers have been trying to find out how to link genetic information and i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2017Videos
Dave Schubert has been an outspoken critic of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) for some time. In this talk, he focu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2017Microbiology
Scientists have detected a single atypical case of mad cow disease in the United States.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Without any medical intervention for the past 8½ years, a 9-year-old South African child remains free of th ...JUL 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis is a deadly bacterial infection that is among the top ten causes of death in the world, according to the Wo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2017Videos
Did you know that more Americans (~300,000 people) are diagnosed with Lyme disease every year than breast cancer or HIV/ ...JUL 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The negative effects of losing a dad - for any reason - can be seen on the cellular level, researchers have found.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2017Videos
Rabies is a virus contracted through the saliva of other infected animals. Rabid raccoons have perhaps the greatest asso ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 20, 2017Microbiology
As antibiotic-resistance among pathogens becomes an ever-bigger problem, the pressure is on to find new antibiotics.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2017Immunology
Forest Bathing: How a Quick, Leisurely Visit to the Forest Can Reduce Stress and Boost the Immune System A Japanese conc ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 19, 2017Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have identified a drug that has slowed the progression of a rare genetic disease in clinical trials.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells all over the body protect native human cells from pathogens like bacteria and viruses, but in the testis, i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2017
Microbiology
Evidently, we’ve entered the next generation of probiotics. From what I gather, next-generation probiotics are rat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 09, 2017
Immunology
Too much inflammation in the gut triggers inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). There are immune cells specifically designed
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 09, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sometimes medical problems are brought on by the most common household items. In the case of a 62-year-old man, doctors
...
AUG 09, 2017
Microbiology
Trying to get bacteria out of a kitchen sponge is apparently harder than we thought.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
People that suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome might feel some relief just knowing that biomarkers have now been assoc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2017
Immunology
An intricate relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the part of the brain that senses smell contribute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 03, 2017
Cardiology
Using in vitro fertilization (IVF), scientists are introducing genetic editing machinery into egg and sperm cells to pre
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology proposes that shrinking of the Salton Sea saline lake i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 02, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have made a breakthrough by successfully repairing a deleterious genetic mutation in a human embryo that cau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2017
Microbiology
Microbes live in symbiosis with animals, and those microbial communities can have a big impact on the health of their ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks don’t have to bite you to be dangerous. A Japanese woman recently passed away from a tick-born
...
JUL 31, 2017
Videos
Since the sequencing of the human genome, researchers have been trying to find out how to link genetic information and i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2017
Videos
Dave Schubert has been an outspoken critic of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) for some time. In this talk, he focu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists have detected a single atypical case of mad cow disease in the United States.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Without any medical intervention for the past 8½ years, a 9-year-old South African child remains free of th
...
JUL 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis is a deadly bacterial infection that is among the top ten causes of death in the world, according to the Wo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2017
Videos
Did you know that more Americans (~300,000 people) are diagnosed with Lyme disease every year than breast cancer or HIV/
...
JUL 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The negative effects of losing a dad - for any reason - can be seen on the cellular level, researchers have found.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2017
Videos
Rabies is a virus contracted through the saliva of other infected animals. Rabid raccoons have perhaps the greatest asso
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 20, 2017
Microbiology
As antibiotic-resistance among pathogens becomes an ever-bigger problem, the pressure is on to find new antibiotics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2017
Immunology
Forest Bathing: How a Quick, Leisurely Visit to the Forest Can Reduce Stress and Boost the Immune System A Japanese conc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2017
Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim