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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 20, 2019Health & Medicine
Many are already feeling the impacts of climate change around the world. Heat waves, severe storms, and flooding have af ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 18, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans. Currently, the only available cure for the disease is a cos ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 17, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
When people get sick, they often also feel tired, which can be as troublesome as their disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2019Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect humans, some, called bacteriophages or phages, infect bacteria. Image credit: Wikimedia Common ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Don’t like eating vegetables? Researchers from the University of Kentucky (UKY) have found that the reason why may ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 16, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Telomerase was thought to be active primarily in cells that divide a lot, but new research has found, however, that telo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2019Microbiology
Probiotics, which are live microbes, are intended to improve human health, and they are sometimes given to intensive car ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2019Cancer
New research suggests that the presence of a certain kind of gut bacteria can increase the risk of bowel cancer by as mu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 13, 2019Health & Medicine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released its latest Antibiotic Threats in the United States re ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 13, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now learned more about malaria proteins and the antibodies that combat them.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
There are no treatments for dengue, West Nile and Zika viruses, but researchers may have found a way to reduce the chanc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2019Neuroscience
Scientists at Northwestern University have dicovered a new mechanism in the brain that may be responsable for the early ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 07, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
Being diagnosed with a rare disease can be especially terrifying for patients. After all, many of these diseases have no ...Written By: Abbie ArceNOV 06, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
Opioid addiction is a long-lasting (chronic) disease that can cause major health, social, and economic problems. Op ...Written By: Nupur SrivastavaNOV 05, 2019Microbiology
Probiotics have been shown to protect honey bees from a pathogenic bacterium that can wreak havoc on hives.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2019Microbiology
The research may help explain why UVB light appears to help protect against inflammatory disorders.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecules and drugs move among cells and bind to receptors on the cell surface, which can initiate a cascade of reaction ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Antibiotic-resistant infections claim around 700,000 lives per year, with estimates saying that this number could swell ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 01, 2019Immunology
Scientists discovered a surprise benefit of low-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV), a typical resident of human skin. New ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 31, 2019Microbiology
Some people are affected by a syndrome in which their gut microbes generate enough alcohol to cause symptoms of intoxica ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2019Cancer
The benefits of fasting have been known to scientists and medical professionals for some time now, however for many, the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 30, 2019Microbiology
A new study has shown that antibiotic-resistant E. coli spreads primarily because of poor hygiene.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Blue light caused damage even in flies that did not have eyes, and if given a choice, fruit flies will avoid blue light.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have now learned more about the molecules that brown fat releases.Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2019
Health & Medicine
Many are already feeling the impacts of climate change around the world. Heat waves, severe storms, and flooding have af
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 18, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans. Currently, the only available cure for the disease is a cos
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 17, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
When people get sick, they often also feel tired, which can be as troublesome as their disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2019
Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect humans, some, called bacteriophages or phages, infect bacteria. Image credit: Wikimedia Common
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Don’t like eating vegetables? Researchers from the University of Kentucky (UKY) have found that the reason why may
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 16, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Telomerase was thought to be active primarily in cells that divide a lot, but new research has found, however, that telo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2019
Microbiology
Probiotics, which are live microbes, are intended to improve human health, and they are sometimes given to intensive car
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2019
Cancer
New research suggests that the presence of a certain kind of gut bacteria can increase the risk of bowel cancer by as mu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 13, 2019
Health & Medicine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released its latest Antibiotic Threats in the United States re
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 13, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now learned more about malaria proteins and the antibodies that combat them.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are no treatments for dengue, West Nile and Zika viruses, but researchers may have found a way to reduce the chanc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2019
Neuroscience
Scientists at Northwestern University have dicovered a new mechanism in the brain that may be responsable for the early
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 07, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
Being diagnosed with a rare disease can be especially terrifying for patients. After all, many of these diseases have no
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
NOV 06, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
Opioid addiction is a long-lasting (chronic) disease that can cause major health, social, and economic problems. Op
...
Written By:
Nupur Srivastava
NOV 05, 2019
Microbiology
Probiotics have been shown to protect honey bees from a pathogenic bacterium that can wreak havoc on hives.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2019
Microbiology
The research may help explain why UVB light appears to help protect against inflammatory disorders.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecules and drugs move among cells and bind to receptors on the cell surface, which can initiate a cascade of reaction
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Antibiotic-resistant infections claim around 700,000 lives per year, with estimates saying that this number could swell
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 01, 2019
Immunology
Scientists discovered a surprise benefit of low-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV), a typical resident of human skin. New
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 31, 2019
Microbiology
Some people are affected by a syndrome in which their gut microbes generate enough alcohol to cause symptoms of intoxica
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2019
Cancer
The benefits of fasting have been known to scientists and medical professionals for some time now, however for many, the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 30, 2019
Microbiology
A new study has shown that antibiotic-resistant E. coli spreads primarily because of poor hygiene.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Blue light caused damage even in flies that did not have eyes, and if given a choice, fruit flies will avoid blue light.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have now learned more about the molecules that brown fat releases.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch