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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, 2016Neuroscience
Perhaps one of the best outcomes for pharmacologists is the discovery that common, pre-existing drugs could treat new co ...AUG 12, 2016Health & Medicine
A lot of diseases and conditions are treated with biologics or biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are inherently mor ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAUG 10, 2016Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the complex community of bacteria carried in the gastrointestinal tract, is increasingly linked to h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2016Cardiology
Cardiovascular problems are among the top causes of death in people with sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 09, 2016Cardiology
One of the many methods behind improving treatment for adverse cardiovascular events include helping the heart help itse ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In a blog post by Carrie Wolinetz, the Associate Director for Science Policy, the NIH has announced that it is consideri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2016Health & Medicine
As I sat at my dining room table eating an entire bag of lychees with my girlfriends, I began to question whether or not ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAUG 05, 2016Immunology
Medical approaches for treating infections of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have come a long way in the past few de ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2016Microbiology
Hospital acquired infections are a serious public health concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CD ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is inching its way into US territory. The past two weeks marked the first instance of local Zika transmission in th ...AUG 03, 2016Health & Medicine
The idea of a hardcore gamer often conjures up an image of a person sitting on a couch or computer chair intensely drawn ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAUG 02, 2016Cardiology
Astronauts are on average highly educated and have access to top-notch medical care. Their health outcomes are subsequen ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 02, 2016Microbiology
Commensal bacteria, the normal flora in the digestive tract, have a multitude of functions and are critical to health. O ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2016Microbiology
A new report in the Journal of Fish Diseases has raised questions about the husbandry of zebrafish in laboratories every ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2016Immunology
A new treatment for the selective targeting of ovarian cancer cells has been adopted from chimeric antigen receptor (CAR ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 01, 2016Neuroscience
When brain tissue is damaged by injury or disease, it’s irreplaceable. Unlike organ transplants or bone and skin g ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 30, 2016Plants & Animals
Cats are among some of the most popular house pets in the world, right beside dogs, but many of them are very much outdo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2016Cancer
Cancer is thought to be an affliction of modern age – a result of exposure to environmental and dietary carcinogen ...JUL 29, 2016Health & Medicine
A compelling new study from the Australian National University has uncovered hundreds of proteins scientists never knew ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 28, 2016Cancer
Metastatic melanoma is one of the most savage killers in its ability to escape detection and spread to other parts of th ...JUL 27, 2016Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in the journal Development, researchers at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have identified a cause ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2016Neuroscience
“My what a big brain you have!” While it’s true that the big bad wolf never said this to Little Red Ri ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos ...
AUG 13, 2016
Neuroscience
Perhaps one of the best outcomes for pharmacologists is the discovery that common, pre-existing drugs could treat new co
...
AUG 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
A lot of diseases and conditions are treated with biologics or biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are inherently mor
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
AUG 10, 2016
Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the complex community of bacteria carried in the gastrointestinal tract, is increasingly linked to h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2016
Cardiology
Cardiovascular problems are among the top causes of death in people with sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 09, 2016
Cardiology
One of the many methods behind improving treatment for adverse cardiovascular events include helping the heart help itse
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a blog post by Carrie Wolinetz, the Associate Director for Science Policy, the NIH has announced that it is consideri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2016
Health & Medicine
As I sat at my dining room table eating an entire bag of lychees with my girlfriends, I began to question whether or not
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 05, 2016
Immunology
Medical approaches for treating infections of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have come a long way in the past few de
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2016
Microbiology
Hospital acquired infections are a serious public health concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CD
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is inching its way into US territory. The past two weeks marked the first instance of local Zika transmission in th
...
AUG 03, 2016
Health & Medicine
The idea of a hardcore gamer often conjures up an image of a person sitting on a couch or computer chair intensely drawn
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 02, 2016
Cardiology
Astronauts are on average highly educated and have access to top-notch medical care. Their health outcomes are subsequen
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 02, 2016
Microbiology
Commensal bacteria, the normal flora in the digestive tract, have a multitude of functions and are critical to health. O
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2016
Microbiology
A new report in the Journal of Fish Diseases has raised questions about the husbandry of zebrafish in laboratories every
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2016
Immunology
A new treatment for the selective targeting of ovarian cancer cells has been adopted from chimeric antigen receptor (CAR
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 01, 2016
Neuroscience
When brain tissue is damaged by injury or disease, it’s irreplaceable. Unlike organ transplants or bone and skin g
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
Cats are among some of the most popular house pets in the world, right beside dogs, but many of them are very much outdo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2016
Cancer
Cancer is thought to be an affliction of modern age – a result of exposure to environmental and dietary carcinogen
...
JUL 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
A compelling new study from the Australian National University has uncovered hundreds of proteins scientists never knew
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2016
Cancer
Metastatic melanoma is one of the most savage killers in its ability to escape detection and spread to other parts of th
...
JUL 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in the journal Development, researchers at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have identified a cause
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2016
Neuroscience
“My what a big brain you have!” While it’s true that the big bad wolf never said this to Little Red Ri
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos
...