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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 12, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
The FDA’s accelerated approval process had attracted criticism from researchers, FDA advisory committee members, a ...Written By: Amielle MorenoDEC 12, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne illness, meaning it is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus can c ...Written By: Zoe MichaudDEC 12, 2022Microbiology
Trillions of microbes live in our gastrointestinal tracts, and they exert a powerful influence on various aspects of hum ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2022Immunology
About 30,000 people are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes every year in the United States, and it's a common chronic diseas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2022Health & Medicine
The CDC has estimated that over 40% of Americans have been infected with COVID-19, and about half probably do not know t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2022Health & Medicine
Every so often, diseases that ravaged past populations pop up in movies or TV, and every now and again an archaeologist ...Written By: Sarah HoffmanDEC 07, 2022Immunology
Most people would agree that colds and especially flu infections are far more common in winter. While we know that some ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Akkermansia muciniphila loves to degrade mucin, a molecule found in mucus. We’ve identified this and other ...Written By: Amielle MorenoDEC 07, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Twins can provide researchers with a unique opportunity to investigate how a trait might be influenced by genetics or by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2022Immunology
Commercial dishwashers are used in many places, including restaurants, schools, and military barracks. The rinse agents ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2022Neuroscience
Drugs that effectively treat disorders of the brain are very challenging to develop. In the past few decades, researcher ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2022Health & Medicine
The gastrointestinal tract is home to trillions of microbes, many of which have a crucial role in our health. Now the US ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2022Microbiology
The importance of the gut microbiome has been demonstrated in recent years, and scientists have linked the microbes in t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2022Immunology
A case of COVID-19 doesn't cause any symptoms at all in some people, while others are killed by the viral infection. Sci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Every day, we come closer to finding a cure for Alzheimer's. Recently, the New England Journal of Medicine published ...Written By: Greta AnneDEC 03, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem; antibiotic resistant microbes already kill tens of thousands of people aroun ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Artificial Intelligence, also known as “AI”, has been the talk of the past year. AI performs and responds to ...Written By: Greta AnneNOV 30, 2022Immunology
Leukemia patients are more likely to get autoimmune disorders like aplastic anemia or rheumatoid arthritis than unaffect ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 29, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a way to target RNA molecules that can have a harmful result. Instead of targeting the genome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 29, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A common chemotherapy drug may make future generations more susceptible to disease. The corresponding study was publishe ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 29, 2022Cardiology
A new study suggests that high-salt diets increase circulating stress hormones.Written By: Savannah LoganNOV 28, 2022Microbiology
New research has shown that a vaccine for the bacteria commonly associated with urinary tract infections works in animal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
An experimental orally-administered drug reduces 'bad cholesterol' in mice by 70%. The corresponding research wa ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 25, 2022Immunology
As people age, their immune system does not function as well as it did when they were younger, probably due to natural a ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
The FDA’s accelerated approval process had attracted criticism from researchers, FDA advisory committee members, a
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
DEC 12, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne illness, meaning it is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus can c
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
DEC 12, 2022
Microbiology
Trillions of microbes live in our gastrointestinal tracts, and they exert a powerful influence on various aspects of hum
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2022
Immunology
About 30,000 people are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes every year in the United States, and it's a common chronic diseas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2022
Health & Medicine
The CDC has estimated that over 40% of Americans have been infected with COVID-19, and about half probably do not know t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
Every so often, diseases that ravaged past populations pop up in movies or TV, and every now and again an archaeologist
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
DEC 07, 2022
Immunology
Most people would agree that colds and especially flu infections are far more common in winter. While we know that some
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Akkermansia muciniphila loves to degrade mucin, a molecule found in mucus. We’ve identified this and other
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
DEC 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Twins can provide researchers with a unique opportunity to investigate how a trait might be influenced by genetics or by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2022
Immunology
Commercial dishwashers are used in many places, including restaurants, schools, and military barracks. The rinse agents
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2022
Neuroscience
Drugs that effectively treat disorders of the brain are very challenging to develop. In the past few decades, researcher
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2022
Health & Medicine
The gastrointestinal tract is home to trillions of microbes, many of which have a crucial role in our health. Now the US
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2022
Microbiology
The importance of the gut microbiome has been demonstrated in recent years, and scientists have linked the microbes in t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2022
Immunology
A case of COVID-19 doesn't cause any symptoms at all in some people, while others are killed by the viral infection. Sci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Every day, we come closer to finding a cure for Alzheimer's. Recently, the New England Journal of Medicine published
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
DEC 03, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem; antibiotic resistant microbes already kill tens of thousands of people aroun
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Artificial Intelligence, also known as “AI”, has been the talk of the past year. AI performs and responds to
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
NOV 30, 2022
Immunology
Leukemia patients are more likely to get autoimmune disorders like aplastic anemia or rheumatoid arthritis than unaffect
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a way to target RNA molecules that can have a harmful result. Instead of targeting the genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A common chemotherapy drug may make future generations more susceptible to disease. The corresponding study was publishe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 29, 2022
Cardiology
A new study suggests that high-salt diets increase circulating stress hormones.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
NOV 28, 2022
Microbiology
New research has shown that a vaccine for the bacteria commonly associated with urinary tract infections works in animal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
An experimental orally-administered drug reduces 'bad cholesterol' in mice by 70%. The corresponding research wa
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 25, 2022
Immunology
As people age, their immune system does not function as well as it did when they were younger, probably due to natural a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch