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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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NOV 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
A large family with some members that have a rare brain disorder has helped scientists learn more about both brain devel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2020Cardiology
Many people take fish oil supplements to try to improve various aspects of their health, but new work from the Cleveland ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The demand for diagnostic technologies to track COVID-19 infections and control community spread of the disease has only ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 16, 2020Microbiology
Autism is a complex disorder that has sent researchers searching for what is causing it, as the rates continue to rise. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Metformin is a frequently prescribed type 2 diabetes treatment but its effects can vary significantly. In some patients ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2020Microbiology
Hubrecht Institute researchers observe a virus as it invades a cell and competes with the host for control of the host c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2020Cardiology
Researchers presented preliminary data at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020 that suggested t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2020Immunology
Nutrition is essential to health; what we eat in our daily diet affects our overall health condition and what diseases w ...Written By: Heba El-wassefNOV 12, 2020Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease is something that, in most cases, is within our ability to control. A healthy diet and active lif ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 12, 2020Immunology
Some viral infections just don’t go away. The hepatitis C virus, for instance, can result in life-long chronic inf ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 10, 2020Microbiology
Ticks transmit the bacterial pathogen that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF).Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain have found that dimethyltryptamine (DMT), the psychoactiv ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 08, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that drug-resistant bacteria can hang around even after deep cleaning. They used genome sequencin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have generated structural images of a newly-described class of ion channels that help maintain the balance of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2020Cardiology
Most people know that certain foods are better for our health than others. Some types of food can increase, while other ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing technologies have rapidly advanced, reducing the time required to sequence the entire human genome fr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
We are exposed to a vast array of chemicals every day. Many are harmless or even important, like the air we breathe, wat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2020Microbiology
The Salmonella bacterium is to blame fora lot of foodborne infections, many of which cause only mild illness, though oth ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A new development in the production of artificial skins comes from scientists at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamic ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing system holds great promise for treating genetic errors that cause human disease. But we ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The human body plays host to trillions of microbes, and many of them live in our gastrointestinal tract; these microorga ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2020Microbiology
The average person contains large variations in bacteria from the mouth, the skin, sweat, and in the stomach and intesti ...Sponsored By: Human Metabolome TechnologiesOCT 28, 2020Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians know that oral health and inflammation, which is a part of many diseases, are connected.Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
A large family with some members that have a rare brain disorder has helped scientists learn more about both brain devel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Cardiology
Many people take fish oil supplements to try to improve various aspects of their health, but new work from the Cleveland
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The demand for diagnostic technologies to track COVID-19 infections and control community spread of the disease has only
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 16, 2020
Microbiology
Autism is a complex disorder that has sent researchers searching for what is causing it, as the rates continue to rise.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Metformin is a frequently prescribed type 2 diabetes treatment but its effects can vary significantly. In some patients
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2020
Microbiology
Hubrecht Institute researchers observe a virus as it invades a cell and competes with the host for control of the host c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2020
Cardiology
Researchers presented preliminary data at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020 that suggested t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2020
Immunology
Nutrition is essential to health; what we eat in our daily diet affects our overall health condition and what diseases w
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
NOV 12, 2020
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease is something that, in most cases, is within our ability to control. A healthy diet and active lif
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 12, 2020
Immunology
Some viral infections just don’t go away. The hepatitis C virus, for instance, can result in life-long chronic inf
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 10, 2020
Microbiology
Ticks transmit the bacterial pathogen that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF).
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain have found that dimethyltryptamine (DMT), the psychoactiv
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that drug-resistant bacteria can hang around even after deep cleaning. They used genome sequencin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have generated structural images of a newly-described class of ion channels that help maintain the balance of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2020
Cardiology
Most people know that certain foods are better for our health than others. Some types of food can increase, while other
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing technologies have rapidly advanced, reducing the time required to sequence the entire human genome fr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
We are exposed to a vast array of chemicals every day. Many are harmless or even important, like the air we breathe, wat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2020
Microbiology
The Salmonella bacterium is to blame fora lot of foodborne infections, many of which cause only mild illness, though oth
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A new development in the production of artificial skins comes from scientists at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamic
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing system holds great promise for treating genetic errors that cause human disease. But we
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human body plays host to trillions of microbes, and many of them live in our gastrointestinal tract; these microorga
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2020
Microbiology
The average person contains large variations in bacteria from the mouth, the skin, sweat, and in the stomach and intesti
...
Sponsored By:
Human Metabolome Technologies
OCT 28, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians know that oral health and inflammation, which is a part of many diseases, are connected.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch