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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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FEB 03, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Brain tumors are associated with low survival rates for a number of reasons. For one, malignant brain tumors o ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 02, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There is little doubt that since it was created, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system has been revolutionary in the resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2022Technology
Early in the pandemic, it was clear that people with preexisting conditions were at higher risk of complications and sev ...Written By: Ryan VingumFEB 01, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Neuroscientists have found a link between hotspots of brain overactivity and specific symptoms of schizophreni ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 01, 2022Immunology
It isn’t easy to wrap the head around just how tiny nanoparticles are—a billionth of a meter in diame ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 31, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The human immune system is incredibly complex. Scientists studying its function have discovered that a group of proteins ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2022Health & Medicine
Scientists have identified a common genetic risk factor for the loss of smell due to COVID-19. Six months after testing ...Written By: Hannah DanielJAN 28, 2022Genetics & Genomics
For many years, a genetic mutation was usually linked to a serious disease. Researchers were able to connect errors in s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A low-dose light therapy known as photobiomodulation may accelerate the healing of skin damaged by cancer radiation ther ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 27, 2022Cardiology
Recent research shows that exercise may help our hearts create new cells, effectively keeping them young.Written By: Savannah LoganJAN 26, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The gut microbiome is crucial to human health, but the human body has to keep the microorganisms within it in check. We ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Cerebral palsy (CP) starts in early childhood, and is a motor impairment that does not progress. CP is caused when child ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Animal research models are only as effective as their ability to simulate human disease. Depending on the conditio ...Sponsored By: ingenious targeting laboratory TingJAN 25, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
In 1945, Sir Alexander Fleming (the microbiologist who discovered the world's first broadly effective antibio ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 22, 2022Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant infections pose a serious threat to human health, which is expected to get worse. Bacterial infecti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2022Cannabis Sciences
As the pandemic has progressed, multiple variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) have e ...Written By: Nadine HusamiJAN 20, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Maintaining a healthy blood pressure is very important—people with chronic high blood pressure are four tim ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 19, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing tool is often used with an enzyme called Cas9, which targets and cuts genomic DNA. While this te ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Immune cells called macrophages are on the front lines of our body's defense system; macrophages can detect pathogens an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Asthma is a chronic condition that is characterized by difficulty breathing, coughing, and wheezing which is caused, in ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizJAN 18, 2022Immunology
Viruses such as coronaviruses can be transmitted when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. Cells called macroph ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 16, 2022Plants & Animals
It’s estimated that olive oil has been manufactured by humans for nearly 6,000 years. When it was first produced, ...Written By: Ryan VingumJAN 14, 2022Health & Medicine
Doctors have performed the first successful transplantation of a pig heart into a human. David Bennett, a 57-year-old ma ...Written By: Hannah DanielJAN 12, 2022Cardiology
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and worldwide. Here are six simple tips to lower your risk.Written By: Savannah Logan
FEB 03, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Brain tumors are associated with low survival rates for a number of reasons. For one, malignant brain tumors o
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 02, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There is little doubt that since it was created, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system has been revolutionary in the resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2022
Technology
Early in the pandemic, it was clear that people with preexisting conditions were at higher risk of complications and sev
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 01, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Neuroscientists have found a link between hotspots of brain overactivity and specific symptoms of schizophreni
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 01, 2022
Immunology
It isn’t easy to wrap the head around just how tiny nanoparticles are—a billionth of a meter in diame
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 31, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human immune system is incredibly complex. Scientists studying its function have discovered that a group of proteins
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2022
Health & Medicine
Scientists have identified a common genetic risk factor for the loss of smell due to COVID-19. Six months after testing
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
JAN 28, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
For many years, a genetic mutation was usually linked to a serious disease. Researchers were able to connect errors in s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A low-dose light therapy known as photobiomodulation may accelerate the healing of skin damaged by cancer radiation ther
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 27, 2022
Cardiology
Recent research shows that exercise may help our hearts create new cells, effectively keeping them young.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JAN 26, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The gut microbiome is crucial to human health, but the human body has to keep the microorganisms within it in check. We
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Cerebral palsy (CP) starts in early childhood, and is a motor impairment that does not progress. CP is caused when child
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Animal research models are only as effective as their ability to simulate human disease. Depending on the conditio
...
Sponsored By:
ingenious targeting laboratory Ting
JAN 25, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In 1945, Sir Alexander Fleming (the microbiologist who discovered the world's first broadly effective antibio
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 22, 2022
Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant infections pose a serious threat to human health, which is expected to get worse. Bacterial infecti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
As the pandemic has progressed, multiple variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) have e
...
Written By:
Nadine Husami
JAN 20, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Maintaining a healthy blood pressure is very important—people with chronic high blood pressure are four tim
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing tool is often used with an enzyme called Cas9, which targets and cuts genomic DNA. While this te
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Immune cells called macrophages are on the front lines of our body's defense system; macrophages can detect pathogens an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Asthma is a chronic condition that is characterized by difficulty breathing, coughing, and wheezing which is caused, in
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JAN 18, 2022
Immunology
Viruses such as coronaviruses can be transmitted when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. Cells called macroph
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 16, 2022
Plants & Animals
It’s estimated that olive oil has been manufactured by humans for nearly 6,000 years. When it was first produced,
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JAN 14, 2022
Health & Medicine
Doctors have performed the first successful transplantation of a pig heart into a human. David Bennett, a 57-year-old ma
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
JAN 12, 2022
Cardiology
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and worldwide. Here are six simple tips to lower your risk.
Written By:
Savannah Logan