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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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JAN 11, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
The Swiss biotech company Idorsia announced this week that it has received approval from the United States Foo ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizJAN 11, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
In biology, it's sometimes said that form follows function; the shape of a protein can have a major impact on how it wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
This week, 23andMe, the consumer genetic testing giant, announced that it has begun a phase 1 clinical trial o ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizJAN 07, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long wondered what makes us human. Our cells express the genes we need to carry out the functions of lif ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2022Cancer
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) describes the complex vasculature network that delivers oxygen and nutrients to the brain. ...Written By: Katie KokolusJAN 07, 2022Health & Medicine
A recent meta-analysis of research studies published in Toxin Reviews found that cannabis plant absorption of heavy meta ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 05, 2022Microbiology
Microbes are known for their ability to evolve. Many types of microbes can interact with one another, and easily exchang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that emerged in December 2019 causes the disease COVID-19, a pandemic that has killed over 5 millio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Glia were once thought of as cells that provide support to neurons in the brain. But researchers at the Crick Institute ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2022Health & Medicine
Pfizer executives predict COVID will be endemic as early as 2024. What does COVID's endemicity look like? Much like ...Written By: Alexandria BassJAN 01, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There's been a lot of debate about whether carbohydrates are healthy or harmful. While the body needs some carbohydrates ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies have some healing and regenerative capabilities. For most of us, cuts will mend, we'll recover from mild infe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2021Earth & The Environment
Light pollution is a newly recognized source of pollution with many complexities. What is light pollution to one person ...Written By: Samantha LottDEC 29, 2021Microbiology
There are many types of influenza virus, which are classified based on the proteins expressed on their surfaces. The H5N ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca vo ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizDEC 26, 2021Microbiology
We've long known that there are bacteria in the human gut; some can be dangerous if they are ingested. But genetic and c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2021Cardiology
Small changes in the sequence of genes can have a variety of biological impacts. Mutations that alter only one base pair ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2021Microbiology
Gut bacteria perform some essential functions. They help us digest certain foods and absorb nutrients. The community of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
When air pollution levels soar, so do calls to emergency hotlines specifically for heart attacks, says a Ger ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 21, 2021Immunology
Sharks are incredibly hardy creatures—they've survived in marine ecosystems, often unchallenged predators, for ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 19, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Though the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool has been tweaked and modified in many ways, it typically edits relatively small ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Research has indicated that a preference for certain tastes can be traced back to genes, but there's more to it than jus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2021Microbiology
About half of Americans have used at least one prescription drug at some point in the past thirty days, according to dat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2021Cardiology
Congenital heart defects, which a person is born with, impact one in one hundred babies. CHD is a leading cause of death ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
The Swiss biotech company Idorsia announced this week that it has received approval from the United States Foo
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JAN 11, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
In biology, it's sometimes said that form follows function; the shape of a protein can have a major impact on how it wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
This week, 23andMe, the consumer genetic testing giant, announced that it has begun a phase 1 clinical trial o
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JAN 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long wondered what makes us human. Our cells express the genes we need to carry out the functions of lif
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2022
Cancer
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) describes the complex vasculature network that delivers oxygen and nutrients to the brain.
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JAN 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
A recent meta-analysis of research studies published in Toxin Reviews found that cannabis plant absorption of heavy meta
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 05, 2022
Microbiology
Microbes are known for their ability to evolve. Many types of microbes can interact with one another, and easily exchang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that emerged in December 2019 causes the disease COVID-19, a pandemic that has killed over 5 millio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Glia were once thought of as cells that provide support to neurons in the brain. But researchers at the Crick Institute
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2022
Health & Medicine
Pfizer executives predict COVID will be endemic as early as 2024. What does COVID's endemicity look like? Much like
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JAN 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There's been a lot of debate about whether carbohydrates are healthy or harmful. While the body needs some carbohydrates
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies have some healing and regenerative capabilities. For most of us, cuts will mend, we'll recover from mild infe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Light pollution is a newly recognized source of pollution with many complexities. What is light pollution to one person
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
DEC 29, 2021
Microbiology
There are many types of influenza virus, which are classified based on the proteins expressed on their surfaces. The H5N
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca vo
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
DEC 26, 2021
Microbiology
We've long known that there are bacteria in the human gut; some can be dangerous if they are ingested. But genetic and c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2021
Cardiology
Small changes in the sequence of genes can have a variety of biological impacts. Mutations that alter only one base pair
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2021
Microbiology
Gut bacteria perform some essential functions. They help us digest certain foods and absorb nutrients. The community of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
When air pollution levels soar, so do calls to emergency hotlines specifically for heart attacks, says a Ger
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 21, 2021
Immunology
Sharks are incredibly hardy creatures—they've survived in marine ecosystems, often unchallenged predators, for
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 19, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Though the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool has been tweaked and modified in many ways, it typically edits relatively small
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Research has indicated that a preference for certain tastes can be traced back to genes, but there's more to it than jus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2021
Microbiology
About half of Americans have used at least one prescription drug at some point in the past thirty days, according to dat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2021
Cardiology
Congenital heart defects, which a person is born with, impact one in one hundred babies. CHD is a leading cause of death
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch