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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 12, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Laboratory mice are one of the most common animal models used in biological and medical research. Thousands of laborator ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 11, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Over 300 million people worldwide have type 2 diabetes. Exercising more, losing weight and taking certain medicines can ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 07, 2014Cancer
While the best way to cure most cases of cancer is to surgically remove the tumor, sometimes the surgeon may fail to ext ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 23, 2014Neuroscience
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Temporal lobe epilepsy is a type of the disorder that's often difficult to control. Epilepsy affects 1 per ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 15, 2014Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 03, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, have found that a process called "somatic cell nuc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 27, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Orgenesis Inc. a leader in the emerging fields of cellular therapy and regenerative medicine, announced that it raised $ ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 13, 2014Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 10, 2014Cardiology
Advances in the understanding of the genetics of coronary artery disease, or CAD, will revitalize the field and lead to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 04, 2014Health & Medicine
A collaboration between Netherlands-based arGEN-X -- a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating and ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 23, 2014Neuroscience
A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, UC Berkeley and Charité-Univer ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 20, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
When Hendrikie van Andel-Schipper died in 2005 at the age of 115 she was the oldest person in the world. A research team ...Written By: Peter MicheliAPR 28, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
People suffering from mitochondrial disease and those who have an extended history of alcoholism have the common symptom ...APR 08, 2014Videos
Once thought to exist only inside cells, RNA is now known to travel outside of cells and play a role in newly discovered ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 26, 2014Microbiology
We ask a lot of our teeth, and they are incredibly durable. Not only are they durable during our lifetime, they outlast ...JAN 31, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Can you lose weight by inducing fat cells to burn other fat cells? That's a little simplistic, but that's the gist of a ...DEC 08, 2013Cell & Molecular Biology
In a historic first, human stem cells have been coaxed to transforming into living, functioning lung and airway cells. A ...
AUG 12, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Laboratory mice are one of the most common animal models used in biological and medical research. Thousands of laborator
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 11, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Over 300 million people worldwide have type 2 diabetes. Exercising more, losing weight and taking certain medicines can
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 07, 2014
Cancer
While the best way to cure most cases of cancer is to surgically remove the tumor, sometimes the surgeon may fail to ext
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 23, 2014
Neuroscience
."
Temporal lobe epilepsy is a type of the disorder that's often difficult to control. Epilepsy affects 1 per ...
Temporal lobe epilepsy is a type of the disorder that's often difficult to control. Epilepsy affects 1 per ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 15, 2014
Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 03, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, have found that a process called "somatic cell nuc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 27, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Orgenesis Inc. a leader in the emerging fields of cellular therapy and regenerative medicine, announced that it raised $
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 13, 2014
Neuroscience
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of n
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 10, 2014
Cardiology
Advances in the understanding of the genetics of coronary artery disease, or CAD, will revitalize the field and lead to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 04, 2014
Health & Medicine
A collaboration between Netherlands-based arGEN-X -- a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating and
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 23, 2014
Neuroscience
A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, UC Berkeley and Charité-Univer
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 20, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
When Hendrikie van Andel-Schipper died in 2005 at the age of 115 she was the oldest person in the world. A research team
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
APR 28, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
People suffering from mitochondrial disease and those who have an extended history of alcoholism have the common symptom
...
APR 08, 2014
Videos
Once thought to exist only inside cells, RNA is now known to travel outside of cells and play a role in newly discovered
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 26, 2014
Microbiology
We ask a lot of our teeth, and they are incredibly durable. Not only are they durable during our lifetime, they outlast
...
JAN 31, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Can you lose weight by inducing fat cells to burn other fat cells? That's a little simplistic, but that's the gist of a
...
DEC 08, 2013
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a historic first, human stem cells have been coaxed to transforming into living, functioning lung and airway cells. A
...