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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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NOV 11, 2016Microbiology
Everyone talks about gut bacteria and how great they are. But what about our skin bacteria? They’re great too! &nb ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 11, 2016Cancer
Unlike most fields of biology and science that’s suffering from lack of funding, cancer research is a booming busi ...NOV 10, 2016Neuroscience
When a person has lost sensation in a part of the body, whether to an accident or disease, they don’t just lose mo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 09, 2016Cardiology
Maternal nutrition is vital for the develop of the fetus before birth and for the baby after birth. A new study shows th ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 09, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A new report in Nature has shed some light on the process of necroptosis, a type of programmed cell death that is regula ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2016Cancer
Emulsifiers, common food additives used to enhance the smoothness of food textures, have been linked to colon cancer in ...NOV 06, 2016Microbiology
Humans live in a symobiotic relationship with gut microbes, many of which inhabit our gastrointestinal tract. Some of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) have learned more about how two common antibiotics, chlorampheni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2016Microbiology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 3, 2016 – A new study co-led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 02, 2016Microbiology
Chances are you’ve heard of Lyme disease, but do you really know what causes it? Lyme disease is caused by ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 1, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a broad ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Hookworms are often associated with malodorous gastrointestinal infections in humans. But now, scientists are turning th ...OCT 28, 2016Immunology
The human immune system does have specially-designed cells for killing cancer cells, but they usually don’t live l ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 27, 2016Microbiology
The International Space Station has opened up myriad opportunities for scientists and the application of their research ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Publishing in Cell Reports, researchers have identified a link between the molecular mechanism of Ewing’s sarcoma, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2016Cardiology
Studying the contractile forces of the human heart just got monumentally easier with the newest technology: 3D-printed h ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 25, 2016Cancer
A study from the University of Japan finds that certain compounds in onions have anticancer effects against ovarian canc ...OCT 25, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA—October 24, 2016—Researchers have been trying for decades to develop a vaccine against the glob ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 25, 2016Neuroscience
Feeling down? It’s all in your head but now researchers know where. Depression is often associated with a stigma t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 24, 2016Cardiology
New imaging technology developed at Stanford University could help prevent strokes and heart attacks caused by severe at ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 21, 2016Microbiology
Biofilms form when microbes attach to a surface and adhere to each other, often inside of a matrix created by the cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2016Videos
In the Fore tribe of Papua New Ginea, anthropologists noticed something unusual: women and children of the tribe seemed ...OCT 19, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Crystallography Solves Unknown Structure of Novel Mosquito Toxin That Can Help Control ZikaWritten By: Jennifer Ellis
NOV 11, 2016
Microbiology
Everyone talks about gut bacteria and how great they are. But what about our skin bacteria? They’re great too! &nb
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 11, 2016
Cancer
Unlike most fields of biology and science that’s suffering from lack of funding, cancer research is a booming busi
...
NOV 10, 2016
Neuroscience
When a person has lost sensation in a part of the body, whether to an accident or disease, they don’t just lose mo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2016
Cardiology
Maternal nutrition is vital for the develop of the fetus before birth and for the baby after birth. A new study shows th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new report in Nature has shed some light on the process of necroptosis, a type of programmed cell death that is regula
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2016
Cancer
Emulsifiers, common food additives used to enhance the smoothness of food textures, have been linked to colon cancer in
...
NOV 06, 2016
Microbiology
Humans live in a symobiotic relationship with gut microbes, many of which inhabit our gastrointestinal tract. Some of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) have learned more about how two common antibiotics, chlorampheni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2016
Microbiology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 3, 2016 – A new study co-led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 02, 2016
Microbiology
Chances are you’ve heard of Lyme disease, but do you really know what causes it? Lyme disease is caused by
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 1, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a broad
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Hookworms are often associated with malodorous gastrointestinal infections in humans. But now, scientists are turning th
...
OCT 28, 2016
Immunology
The human immune system does have specially-designed cells for killing cancer cells, but they usually don’t live l
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 27, 2016
Microbiology
The International Space Station has opened up myriad opportunities for scientists and the application of their research
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Publishing in Cell Reports, researchers have identified a link between the molecular mechanism of Ewing’s sarcoma,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2016
Cardiology
Studying the contractile forces of the human heart just got monumentally easier with the newest technology: 3D-printed h
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 25, 2016
Cancer
A study from the University of Japan finds that certain compounds in onions have anticancer effects against ovarian canc
...
OCT 25, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA—October 24, 2016—Researchers have been trying for decades to develop a vaccine against the glob
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 25, 2016
Neuroscience
Feeling down? It’s all in your head but now researchers know where. Depression is often associated with a stigma t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 24, 2016
Cardiology
New imaging technology developed at Stanford University could help prevent strokes and heart attacks caused by severe at
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 21, 2016
Microbiology
Biofilms form when microbes attach to a surface and adhere to each other, often inside of a matrix created by the cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2016
Videos
In the Fore tribe of Papua New Ginea, anthropologists noticed something unusual: women and children of the tribe seemed
...
OCT 19, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Crystallography Solves Unknown Structure of Novel Mosquito Toxin That Can Help Control Zika
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis