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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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DEC 18, 2018Health & Medicine
Advancing our understanding of human disease often requires a sound understanding of normal human physiology. A critical ...Written By: Hilary ThompsonDEC 18, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Some people have a green thumb, but that doesn't mean that plants enjoy feeling it.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2018Health & Medicine
EMBL researchers have now found a way to stop itch with light in mice. Nature Biomedical Engineering publishes their res ...Written By: Aswini KannegantiDEC 17, 2018Health & Medicine
One subtype of K2P channel expressed in sensory neurons, TRESK has been reported to play a role in MA in its truncated f ...Written By: Aswini KannegantiDEC 16, 2018Cardiology
In September the Department of Health and Human Services (D.H.H.S.) released a statement citing “serious regulator ...Written By: Abbie ArceDEC 15, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been trying to create a vaccine for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, for decades.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2018Microbiology
Our gastrointestinal system has a special relationship with our brain - they are connected in what's called the gut-brai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2018Immunology
A group of researchers describes the biophysical and structural characteristics of an immune regulating protein called h ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlDEC 12, 2018Immunology
A new study highlights the effects of a target gene in HIV latent infectionWritten By: Nicholas BreehlDEC 12, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
For decades, we've known that red meat is a risk factor for heart disease. Now, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic know ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that some dust contains high amounts of a common antimicrobial agent called triclosan.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2018Immunology
Research reveals a genetic mutation causes a protein binding site to alter its structure resulting in the development of ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlDEC 10, 2018Neuroscience
Dopamine in the brain is an important neurotransmitter that is often attributed to pleasure chemical. But that's not all ...Written By: Aswini KannegantiDEC 10, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a new way to identify disease-causing genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2018Microbiology
Many products that purport to change the microbiome have entered the market. But first we have to know what a healthy mi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2018Health & Medicine
In the U.S., there are over 3.5 million cases of skin cancer reported every year. Basal cell carcinoma and squamo ...Written By: Dena ArutaDEC 09, 2018Cardiology
Of the 600,000 coronary angioplasties performed in the United States each year, about half of them are elective procedur ...Written By: Abbie ArceDEC 09, 2018Cannabis Sciences
The human endocannabinoid system (ECS) is one of the body's largest network of neurotransmitters, receptors, and neu ...Written By: Amy LoriauxDEC 08, 2018Cardiology
We have all heard that exercise is good for us, particularly for the heart, but many don’t understand precisely ho ...Written By: Abbie ArceDEC 08, 2018Health & Medicine
Ask anyone who suffers from an autoimmune disease or fibromyalgia about the most challenging aspect of their cond ...Written By: Dena ArutaDEC 08, 2018Genetics & Genomics
An international team of European researchers has discovered a new strain of the bacteria that causes plague.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2018Videos
This informative video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines the problem of antibiotic resistance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2018Microbiology
It's been suggested that a fifth of all cancers are caused by microbial infections, and new work indicates that the esti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2018Cannabis Sciences
A recent press release from the pharmaceutical company Integral Molecular, written by Kate Kadash-Edmondson, has de ...Written By: Amy Loriaux
DEC 18, 2018
Health & Medicine
Advancing our understanding of human disease often requires a sound understanding of normal human physiology. A critical
...
Written By:
Hilary Thompson
DEC 18, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Some people have a green thumb, but that doesn't mean that plants enjoy feeling it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2018
Health & Medicine
EMBL researchers have now found a way to stop itch with light in mice. Nature Biomedical Engineering publishes their res
...
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
DEC 17, 2018
Health & Medicine
One subtype of K2P channel expressed in sensory neurons, TRESK has been reported to play a role in MA in its truncated f
...
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
DEC 16, 2018
Cardiology
In September the Department of Health and Human Services (D.H.H.S.) released a statement citing “serious regulator
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
DEC 15, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been trying to create a vaccine for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, for decades.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2018
Microbiology
Our gastrointestinal system has a special relationship with our brain - they are connected in what's called the gut-brai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2018
Immunology
A group of researchers describes the biophysical and structural characteristics of an immune regulating protein called h
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
DEC 12, 2018
Immunology
A new study highlights the effects of a target gene in HIV latent infection
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
DEC 12, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
For decades, we've known that red meat is a risk factor for heart disease. Now, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic know
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that some dust contains high amounts of a common antimicrobial agent called triclosan.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2018
Immunology
Research reveals a genetic mutation causes a protein binding site to alter its structure resulting in the development of
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
DEC 10, 2018
Neuroscience
Dopamine in the brain is an important neurotransmitter that is often attributed to pleasure chemical. But that's not all
...
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
DEC 10, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a new way to identify disease-causing genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2018
Microbiology
Many products that purport to change the microbiome have entered the market. But first we have to know what a healthy mi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2018
Health & Medicine
In the U.S., there are over 3.5 million cases of skin cancer reported every year. Basal cell carcinoma and squamo
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
DEC 09, 2018
Cardiology
Of the 600,000 coronary angioplasties performed in the United States each year, about half of them are elective procedur
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
DEC 09, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
The human endocannabinoid system (ECS) is one of the body's largest network of neurotransmitters, receptors, and neu
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
DEC 08, 2018
Cardiology
We have all heard that exercise is good for us, particularly for the heart, but many don’t understand precisely ho
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
DEC 08, 2018
Health & Medicine
Ask anyone who suffers from an autoimmune disease or fibromyalgia about the most challenging aspect of their cond
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
DEC 08, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
An international team of European researchers has discovered a new strain of the bacteria that causes plague.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2018
Videos
This informative video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines the problem of antibiotic resistance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2018
Microbiology
It's been suggested that a fifth of all cancers are caused by microbial infections, and new work indicates that the esti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
A recent press release from the pharmaceutical company Integral Molecular, written by Kate Kadash-Edmondson, has de
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux