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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 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 ...JUL 22, 2016Microbiology
What do gut microbes have to do with the lungs? Well, more than researchers once thought. A new study from the Universit ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 20, 2016Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – July 20, 2016 – In a new study, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have iden ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 20, 2016Immunology
Whether it’s via juice, sauce, or raw fruit, consuming cranberries is one of the best ways to achieve the trifecta ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 19, 2016Health & Medicine
Moms who eat high-fat, high-sugar diets may be putting future generations at risk for metabolic problems, even when thei ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 19, 2016Immunology
Thousands of deaths in patients with hepatic cirrhosis result from bacterial infections that individuals with healthy im ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As the summer heats up, health experts are now tackling a new mystery associated with the ill-famed Zika virus. Health a ...JUL 18, 2016Immunology
For the first time in a human tumor, scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania h ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 18, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Many human diseases have been linked to dysfunction in mitochondria, organelles in every cell that are responsible for g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2016Immunology
"This study makes it clear that resveratrol does cause the immune systems of dogs to change, but the changes it cau ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 15, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Publishing in the journal Diabetes, investigators have found that protein S, a molecule made by endothelial cells, could ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2016Neuroscience
When doctors need to diagnose a brain injury or neurological disease, imaging is crucial to making an informed dec ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 13, 2016Cardiology
The researchers report that the behavior of cell networks, called "arrays," conforms to a branch of mathematic ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a new study, ominously titled “The Lick of Death,” doctors report friendly licks from her beloved Italian ...JUL 12, 2016Microbiology
Can you imagine eating Escherichia coli for good health? It seems a little crazy, but scientists have created a way to a ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
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
...
JUL 22, 2016
Microbiology
What do gut microbes have to do with the lungs? Well, more than researchers once thought. A new study from the Universit
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 20, 2016
Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – July 20, 2016 – In a new study, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have iden
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 20, 2016
Immunology
Whether it’s via juice, sauce, or raw fruit, consuming cranberries is one of the best ways to achieve the trifecta
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2016
Health & Medicine
Moms who eat high-fat, high-sugar diets may be putting future generations at risk for metabolic problems, even when thei
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 19, 2016
Immunology
Thousands of deaths in patients with hepatic cirrhosis result from bacterial infections that individuals with healthy im
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As the summer heats up, health experts are now tackling a new mystery associated with the ill-famed Zika virus. Health a
...
JUL 18, 2016
Immunology
For the first time in a human tumor, scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania h
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 18, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many human diseases have been linked to dysfunction in mitochondria, organelles in every cell that are responsible for g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2016
Immunology
"This study makes it clear that resveratrol does cause the immune systems of dogs to change, but the changes it cau
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Publishing in the journal Diabetes, investigators have found that protein S, a molecule made by endothelial cells, could
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2016
Neuroscience
When doctors need to diagnose a brain injury or neurological disease, imaging is crucial to making an informed dec
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 13, 2016
Cardiology
The researchers report that the behavior of cell networks, called "arrays," conforms to a branch of mathematic
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a new study, ominously titled “The Lick of Death,” doctors report friendly licks from her beloved Italian
...
JUL 12, 2016
Microbiology
Can you imagine eating Escherichia coli for good health? It seems a little crazy, but scientists have created a way to a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch