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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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JUN 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people wear their heart on their sleeves; Stan Larkin wore his in a grey backpack, literally. After living without ...JUN 14, 2016Cardiology
Medication to dissolve blood clots and various surgical procedures can be done to reverse damage done to arteries with o ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2016Microbiology
A new material has been created by researchers in Singapore that kills E. coli bacteria in 30 seconds. As antibiotic res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
One major benefit of stem cells is that they could be used to create healthy cells of any type. In the lab, skin cells h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2016Microbiology
A new vaccine has been developed that allows bacteria to grow inside the body, only actively fighting microbes that caus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The controversial new procedure to create “three-parent babies” could be approved and available by as early ...JUN 10, 2016Microbiology
It’s been known for some time that the symbiotic relationship between a microbiome and the host requires a fine ba ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2016Cancer
Micro RNAs surface once again as a powerful player in human health and disease. Scientists have implicated a panel of 15 ...JUN 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For some patients, bone marrow transplants are one of the few last defenses that could save their lives. But this proced ...JUN 09, 2016Microbiology
The human condition is often positively promoted by cooperation, and conversely, is impacted negatively by conflict. &nb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2016Cannabis Sciences
As marijuana proves itself effective in treating a multitude of diseases, researchers are looking for problems associate ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUN 08, 2016Neuroscience
It’s been known for a while that plaques of the protein amyloid beta are part of the pathology of Alzheimer’ ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 06, 2016Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a disease that has been puzzling neuroscientists and researchers for decades. There ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 03, 2016Immunology
While the immune system does act as a multi-faceted protective system when dangerous bacteria and viruses come knocking, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 03, 2016Genetics & Genomics
For the first time since 2007 when scientists were just beginning to understand the DNA manipulation capabilities of CRI ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 02, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondrial replacement therapy was hailed as a promising new way to overcome diseases passed down in the DNA of mitoc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2016Neuroscience
How dead do you have to be before you’re really dead? No, it’s not a scene from a science fiction movie, but ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 01, 2016Cancer
Invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed in nearly 13,000 American women this year. Although routine Pap screening has ...JUN 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
While the current Zika virus outbreak is known to be transmittable from mother to fetus, the exact mechanism of this tra ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The health effects of fasting has become an intriguing new subject of study. Besides the obvious benefit of weight loss ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2016Neuroscience
In 2013, President Obama’s BRAIN (Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative was la ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 28, 2016Videos
This time of year, ticks become more prevalent and active as weather becomes milder, and exposure risk for humans also i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2016Cancer
Cancer cells adapt cunning ways to evade death. In a new instance, researchers have found yet another hiding place: the ...MAY 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the wild, survival of the fittest for some plants and animals mean sporting lethal venoms and toxins to kill whatever ...
JUN 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people wear their heart on their sleeves; Stan Larkin wore his in a grey backpack, literally. After living without
...
JUN 14, 2016
Cardiology
Medication to dissolve blood clots and various surgical procedures can be done to reverse damage done to arteries with o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2016
Microbiology
A new material has been created by researchers in Singapore that kills E. coli bacteria in 30 seconds. As antibiotic res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
One major benefit of stem cells is that they could be used to create healthy cells of any type. In the lab, skin cells h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2016
Microbiology
A new vaccine has been developed that allows bacteria to grow inside the body, only actively fighting microbes that caus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The controversial new procedure to create “three-parent babies” could be approved and available by as early
...
JUN 10, 2016
Microbiology
It’s been known for some time that the symbiotic relationship between a microbiome and the host requires a fine ba
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2016
Cancer
Micro RNAs surface once again as a powerful player in human health and disease. Scientists have implicated a panel of 15
...
JUN 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For some patients, bone marrow transplants are one of the few last defenses that could save their lives. But this proced
...
JUN 09, 2016
Microbiology
The human condition is often positively promoted by cooperation, and conversely, is impacted negatively by conflict. &nb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
As marijuana proves itself effective in treating a multitude of diseases, researchers are looking for problems associate
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUN 08, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s been known for a while that plaques of the protein amyloid beta are part of the pathology of Alzheimer’
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 06, 2016
Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a disease that has been puzzling neuroscientists and researchers for decades. There
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 03, 2016
Immunology
While the immune system does act as a multi-faceted protective system when dangerous bacteria and viruses come knocking,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 03, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time since 2007 when scientists were just beginning to understand the DNA manipulation capabilities of CRI
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 02, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondrial replacement therapy was hailed as a promising new way to overcome diseases passed down in the DNA of mitoc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2016
Neuroscience
How dead do you have to be before you’re really dead? No, it’s not a scene from a science fiction movie, but
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 01, 2016
Cancer
Invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed in nearly 13,000 American women this year. Although routine Pap screening has
...
JUN 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
While the current Zika virus outbreak is known to be transmittable from mother to fetus, the exact mechanism of this tra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The health effects of fasting has become an intriguing new subject of study. Besides the obvious benefit of weight loss
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2016
Neuroscience
In 2013, President Obama’s BRAIN (Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative was la
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 28, 2016
Videos
This time of year, ticks become more prevalent and active as weather becomes milder, and exposure risk for humans also i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2016
Cancer
Cancer cells adapt cunning ways to evade death. In a new instance, researchers have found yet another hiding place: the
...
MAY 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the wild, survival of the fittest for some plants and animals mean sporting lethal venoms and toxins to kill whatever
...