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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 07, 2021Genetics & Genomics
A protein called Gαo is found at high levels in the brain. Mutations in the gene that encodes Gαo cause dysfunctions in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2021Microbiology
After years of effort, researchers are reporting that there were encouraging results from a phase 1 clinical trial which ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2021Immunology
Malaria is a disease caused by single-celled parasites from the Plasmodium group, transmitted to humans through infected ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 03, 2021Cancer
New research from a 20-year long study on California sea lions shows cause for alarm for both ecologists and oncologists ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 02, 2021Genetics & Genomics
With genome-wide association studies, researchers have been able to link small variations in the genome to a greater (or ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Inflammation can be a crucial process; the body needs it to heal injuries and prevent infection. But inflammatory proces ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2021Cardiology
Spinal cord injury patients obviously have to deal with the loss of function, but another, less obvious problem many of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2021Microbiology
Spirochetes are a type of free-living, spiral-shaped bacteria, some of which are harmless and others that can cause dise ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2021Microbiology
The gut microbiome is made up of a huge number of different microbial species, and scientists are learning more about ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
These variants can raise, or lower the risk of the disease, and now researchers have learned how they work.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2021Microbiology
A new study has connected neonatal exposure to antibiotics within fourteen days of birth is linked to a reduction in bod ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers from Linköping University in Sweden have found that microglia, the brain’s immune cells, play a k ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 26, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to explain why a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can be so differen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2021Cardiology
While there has been limited evidence that activity and fitness can counter the health impacts of excess body fat, a new ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, scientists have relied on cells that grow in dishes and animal models to learn more about human diseases ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2021Microbiology
The advancement of genetic and computational tools has given us so much new information its opened up new research field ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2021Microbiology
To cause the COVID-19 illness, the SARS-CoV-2 virus first has to get into cells. To do so, it uses something called a sp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now characterized a genetic disorder called linkage-specific-deubiquitylation-deficiency-induced embryon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 23, 2021Microbiology
About a year ago, I wrote about the virus that would come to be known as SARS-CoV-2 for the first time. And while we've ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Many different types of cells make up the human body, and the Human Cell Atlas is an initiative that has been aiming to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2021Health & Medicine
A new study out of Canada lends further evidence to the idea that cannabis components may help to calm the cytokine stor ...Written By: Angela DowdenJAN 19, 2021Cardiology
Some studies have suggested that moderate alcohol intake is linked to a lower risk of death from heart disease. But that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2021Immunology
Milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, fish, and shellfish—these foods are among the most unwanted list for t ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 18, 2021Cancer
Breast cancer is one of the most well-studied cancers in modern medicine. Diagnostics can already differentiate between ...Written By: Jasper Cantrell
FEB 07, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
A protein called Gαo is found at high levels in the brain. Mutations in the gene that encodes Gαo cause dysfunctions in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2021
Microbiology
After years of effort, researchers are reporting that there were encouraging results from a phase 1 clinical trial which
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2021
Immunology
Malaria is a disease caused by single-celled parasites from the Plasmodium group, transmitted to humans through infected
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 03, 2021
Cancer
New research from a 20-year long study on California sea lions shows cause for alarm for both ecologists and oncologists
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
With genome-wide association studies, researchers have been able to link small variations in the genome to a greater (or
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Inflammation can be a crucial process; the body needs it to heal injuries and prevent infection. But inflammatory proces
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2021
Cardiology
Spinal cord injury patients obviously have to deal with the loss of function, but another, less obvious problem many of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2021
Microbiology
Spirochetes are a type of free-living, spiral-shaped bacteria, some of which are harmless and others that can cause dise
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2021
Microbiology
The gut microbiome is made up of a huge number of different microbial species, and scientists are learning more about ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
These variants can raise, or lower the risk of the disease, and now researchers have learned how they work.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2021
Microbiology
A new study has connected neonatal exposure to antibiotics within fourteen days of birth is linked to a reduction in bod
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers from Linköping University in Sweden have found that microglia, the brain’s immune cells, play a k
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 26, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to explain why a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can be so differen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2021
Cardiology
While there has been limited evidence that activity and fitness can counter the health impacts of excess body fat, a new
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, scientists have relied on cells that grow in dishes and animal models to learn more about human diseases
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2021
Microbiology
The advancement of genetic and computational tools has given us so much new information its opened up new research field
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2021
Microbiology
To cause the COVID-19 illness, the SARS-CoV-2 virus first has to get into cells. To do so, it uses something called a sp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now characterized a genetic disorder called linkage-specific-deubiquitylation-deficiency-induced embryon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2021
Microbiology
About a year ago, I wrote about the virus that would come to be known as SARS-CoV-2 for the first time. And while we've
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Many different types of cells make up the human body, and the Human Cell Atlas is an initiative that has been aiming to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2021
Health & Medicine
A new study out of Canada lends further evidence to the idea that cannabis components may help to calm the cytokine stor
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
JAN 19, 2021
Cardiology
Some studies have suggested that moderate alcohol intake is linked to a lower risk of death from heart disease. But that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2021
Immunology
Milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, fish, and shellfish—these foods are among the most unwanted list for t
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 18, 2021
Cancer
Breast cancer is one of the most well-studied cancers in modern medicine. Diagnostics can already differentiate between
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell