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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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DEC 01, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Truvuda, also known as PrEP, is a little blue pill that is the only FDA approved drug for prophylactic prevention agains ...NOV 30, 2015Health & Medicine
There are plenty of ways exercise improves brain health. It boosts mood, contextual memory, and the ability to distingui ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 28, 2015Health & Medicine
A group of German and Israeli scientists have successfully grown human liver cells in the laboratory that did not lose t ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 25, 2015Neuroscience
A fruit fly is a pretty tiny bug. They buzz around old bananas making a buzzing pest of themselves and don’t offer ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Being alone isn’t the same thing as being lonely. Many people who enjoy being alone don't grapple with lo ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 24, 2015Microbiology
Thanksgiving is fast-approaching, which means many of us will be chowing down on turkey. I thought, “what be ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 24, 2015Videos
When it comes to your health, having a significant other may benefit your survival. We all know that it feels good to be ...NOV 17, 2015Health & Medicine
If given the choice, many of us would choose to stay young forever. It’s inescapable process that wears ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 17, 2015Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 12, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Our DNA encodes genes which express specific patterns that lead to the production of a specific protein which has a spec ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 10, 2015Microbiology
Glutathione is an extremely important antioxidant, the king of all detoxifying agents that prevents oxidative stress in ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 09, 2015Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 04, 2015Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 27, 2015Immunology
We depend on our immune cells to protect us against infections from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasit ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 20, 2015Immunology
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading infectious cause of birth defects, and until now scientists had no effective way of ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 08, 2015Immunology
Why do only 2-5% of individuals genetically susceptible to celiac disease actually end up developing this autoimmune dis ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 05, 2015Neuroscience
Most people don’t realize that the genetic remnants of viruses from millions of years ago still reside in human DN ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 28, 2015Immunology
Smallpox killed 30% of its victims and brutally scarred those who survived the infection. In 1980, the terribly infectio ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 27, 2015Neuroscience
Nearly two million Americans, aged 12 or older, either abused or were dependent on opioids in 2013, according to the Cen ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
To protect people from infectious disease, clinicians can target pathogens and parasites with medicines such as antibiot ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 24, 2015Neuroscience
While it is well known that smoking can cause lung cancer, heart disease and strokes, along with a myriad of other cardi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 21, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The traditional diet of the Inuit Greenland natives is considered an example of how high levels of omega-3 fatty acids c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 21, 2015Neuroscience
Is there a connection between the brain’s stress response and a protein related to Alzheimer’s disease? Rese ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 21, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the nervous system that disrupts the flow of information between the brain and t ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
DEC 01, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Truvuda, also known as PrEP, is a little blue pill that is the only FDA approved drug for prophylactic prevention agains
...
NOV 30, 2015
Health & Medicine
There are plenty of ways exercise improves brain health. It boosts mood, contextual memory, and the ability to distingui
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
A group of German and Israeli scientists have successfully grown human liver cells in the laboratory that did not lose t
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 25, 2015
Neuroscience
A fruit fly is a pretty tiny bug. They buzz around old bananas making a buzzing pest of themselves and don’t offer
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Being alone isn’t the same thing as being lonely. Many people who enjoy being alone don't grapple with lo
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 24, 2015
Microbiology
Thanksgiving is fast-approaching, which means many of us will be chowing down on turkey. I thought, “what be
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 24, 2015
Videos
When it comes to your health, having a significant other may benefit your survival. We all know that it feels good to be
...
NOV 17, 2015
Health & Medicine
If given the choice, many of us would choose to stay young forever. It’s inescapable process that wears
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 17, 2015
Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 12, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our DNA encodes genes which express specific patterns that lead to the production of a specific protein which has a spec
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 10, 2015
Microbiology
Glutathione is an extremely important antioxidant, the king of all detoxifying agents that prevents oxidative stress in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 09, 2015
Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 04, 2015
Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 27, 2015
Immunology
We depend on our immune cells to protect us against infections from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 20, 2015
Immunology
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading infectious cause of birth defects, and until now scientists had no effective way of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 08, 2015
Immunology
Why do only 2-5% of individuals genetically susceptible to celiac disease actually end up developing this autoimmune dis
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Most people don’t realize that the genetic remnants of viruses from millions of years ago still reside in human DN
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 28, 2015
Immunology
Smallpox killed 30% of its victims and brutally scarred those who survived the infection. In 1980, the terribly infectio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Nearly two million Americans, aged 12 or older, either abused or were dependent on opioids in 2013, according to the Cen
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
To protect people from infectious disease, clinicians can target pathogens and parasites with medicines such as antibiot
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 24, 2015
Neuroscience
While it is well known that smoking can cause lung cancer, heart disease and strokes, along with a myriad of other cardi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 21, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The traditional diet of the Inuit Greenland natives is considered an example of how high levels of omega-3 fatty acids c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 21, 2015
Neuroscience
Is there a connection between the brain’s stress response and a protein related to Alzheimer’s disease? Rese
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 21, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the nervous system that disrupts the flow of information between the brain and t
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich