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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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JAN 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Chimeras have cells from two different organisms growing in the same animal. You might see some wild headlines about the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2017Cancer
Can a smartphone be smart enough to warn users if their mole is actually deadly skin cancer? Not quite yet, but scientis ...JAN 27, 2017Neuroscience
LA JOLLA, CA – January 27, 2017 – Biologists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a brai ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 26, 2017Microbiology
Being sick always seems to impact appetite, even inspiring the old adage to “feed a cold and starve a fever.&rdquo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Glyphosate Exposure Causes Liver Disease in RatsWritten By: Jennifer EllisJAN 21, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A Chinese company recently laid claim to being the first to successfully implant 3D, synthetically printed blood vessels ...JAN 19, 2017Microbiology
A worldwide consortium of scientists have prioritized the development of vaccines for three specific pathogens that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2017Microbiology
Malaria has been a global health problem for ages; it comes from a parasite that is over 130 million years old and is re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors and health experts have been warning the public about the rise of drug-resistant superbugs for the last year or ...JAN 18, 2017Cardiology
Ten years ago, a diagnosis of “advanced heart failure” was essentially a death sentence, aside from the pati ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 16, 2017Immunology
A team of scientists has created a genetic map of all possible receptors the human immune system might generate—al ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 16, 2017Cardiology
A new drug shows promise for treating heart disease in cats and humans, report researchers. The drug, MYK-461, proved ef ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 15, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A drug called ocrelizumab has had some success in separate clinical trials. It was able to decrease new attacks in patie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are always striving to know more about the physiology of exercise, especially as health conditions related to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2017Health & Medicine
With a constantly increasing amount of cardiovascular disease patients, doctors have more and more reasons to use vascul ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 10, 2017Immunology
The body organ known as the appendix has long been claimed to have no known function, but recent research has shown that ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 09, 2017Health & Medicine
There are a handful of explanations for why people develop autoimmune diseases, and a recent study has scientists invest ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2017Microbiology
Osteomyelitis is a serious bone infection, often caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. These infections are dif ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 04, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Biological Forces in Our Bodies from Worms Eating NanoparticlesWritten By: Jennifer EllisJAN 03, 2017Videos
Some of you may remember the slogan when DDT became big: "DDT is good for me," sung in a little jingly voice. Of course ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In cells, proteins often have a variety of roles. New details have emerged about one particular protein called Nrf2, it ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2016Neuroscience
When you can’t use the real thing, many times a model of it will do. When it’s in the lab, for biology and m ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 26, 2016Health & Medicine
The same cells that help arteries contract and relax to push blood to the heart and brain fall victim to malfunctioning, ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Exercise is generally seen as good for the body, but new work from researchers at Baylor College of Medicine demonstrate ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chimeras have cells from two different organisms growing in the same animal. You might see some wild headlines about the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2017
Cancer
Can a smartphone be smart enough to warn users if their mole is actually deadly skin cancer? Not quite yet, but scientis
...
JAN 27, 2017
Neuroscience
LA JOLLA, CA – January 27, 2017 – Biologists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a brai
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 26, 2017
Microbiology
Being sick always seems to impact appetite, even inspiring the old adage to “feed a cold and starve a fever.&rdquo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Glyphosate Exposure Causes Liver Disease in Rats
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 21, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A Chinese company recently laid claim to being the first to successfully implant 3D, synthetically printed blood vessels
...
JAN 19, 2017
Microbiology
A worldwide consortium of scientists have prioritized the development of vaccines for three specific pathogens that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2017
Microbiology
Malaria has been a global health problem for ages; it comes from a parasite that is over 130 million years old and is re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors and health experts have been warning the public about the rise of drug-resistant superbugs for the last year or
...
JAN 18, 2017
Cardiology
Ten years ago, a diagnosis of “advanced heart failure” was essentially a death sentence, aside from the pati
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 16, 2017
Immunology
A team of scientists has created a genetic map of all possible receptors the human immune system might generate—al
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 16, 2017
Cardiology
A new drug shows promise for treating heart disease in cats and humans, report researchers. The drug, MYK-461, proved ef
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 15, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A drug called ocrelizumab has had some success in separate clinical trials. It was able to decrease new attacks in patie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are always striving to know more about the physiology of exercise, especially as health conditions related to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
With a constantly increasing amount of cardiovascular disease patients, doctors have more and more reasons to use vascul
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2017
Immunology
The body organ known as the appendix has long been claimed to have no known function, but recent research has shown that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 09, 2017
Health & Medicine
There are a handful of explanations for why people develop autoimmune diseases, and a recent study has scientists invest
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2017
Microbiology
Osteomyelitis is a serious bone infection, often caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. These infections are dif
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 04, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Biological Forces in Our Bodies from Worms Eating Nanoparticles
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 03, 2017
Videos
Some of you may remember the slogan when DDT became big: "DDT is good for me," sung in a little jingly voice. Of course
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In cells, proteins often have a variety of roles. New details have emerged about one particular protein called Nrf2, it
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2016
Neuroscience
When you can’t use the real thing, many times a model of it will do. When it’s in the lab, for biology and m
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 26, 2016
Health & Medicine
The same cells that help arteries contract and relax to push blood to the heart and brain fall victim to malfunctioning,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Exercise is generally seen as good for the body, but new work from researchers at Baylor College of Medicine demonstrate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch