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Immune System: is the body's defense against infectious organisms and other invaders. The immune system is made up of a network of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to protect the body.
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SEP 12, 2016Videos
One day Luther Glenn was rushed to the emergency room, given a spinal tap, and diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. W ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 09, 2016Immunology
Food allergies, especially in children, are becoming more and more at the center of different kinds of research: immunol ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Steroids that could help women get pregnant may, ironically, be responsible for miscarriage, preterm birth, and birth de ...SEP 08, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 8, 2016 – A series of new studies led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institu ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 07, 2016Immunology
A compound found in newborns is thought to have the ability to treat excessive inflammation, which could be lifesaving i ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2016Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 06, 2016Immunology
There’s no cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and the disease gets irreversibly worse as it progresses. ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 02, 2016Cancer
Vitamins are once again in the spotlight this week. This time, researchers at Stanford University found a link between v ...AUG 31, 2016Immunology
Replacing faulty stem cells in the bone marrow with a transplant is one way to treat some bone cancers, but the immune r ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 31, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed a genome editing technique that does not require DNA to be cleaved. Called Target-AID, the te ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2016Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2016Immunology
While a newborn’s immune system is getting revved up after birth, a specific sugar in the mother’s breast mi ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 30, 2016Microbiology
As research on the microbiome intensifies, new links between the microbial community the gastrointestinal tract and heal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2016Immunology
An enzyme thought to only be active in human metabolism found to play a dual role in the immune response. Thanks to this ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2016Microbiology
The relationship between parasites and cancer is not new; researchers have known for many years about parasites that can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2016Neuroscience
It’s well know that sleep deprivation can cause a host of problems from inattention to depression and even certain ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 26, 2016Immunology
When four children from Pakistani and Turkish families presented with skin rashes and inflamed joints that doctors could ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 25, 2016Immunology
What the pharmaceutical industry calls “the key to obesity” is the only hormone known to enhance appetite, a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 25, 2016Videos
According to the Food and Agricultural Organization, people squander about 2.9 trillion pounds of food every year. To pu ...AUG 24, 2016Immunology
The symptoms of poison ivy rashes and other skin conditions are commonly known. For poison ivy, it’s a painful and ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems unlikely that being a musician could come with any big health risks. However, for one bagpiper from the U ...AUG 23, 2016Videos
The common cold comes from rhinoviruses and four main subgroups of coronavirus. Researchers have now identified the sour ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2016Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2016Microbiology
By modeling microsporidia infection in roundworms, scientists have determined that the single-celled fungi replicate by ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2016
Videos
One day Luther Glenn was rushed to the emergency room, given a spinal tap, and diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. W
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2016
Immunology
Food allergies, especially in children, are becoming more and more at the center of different kinds of research: immunol
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Steroids that could help women get pregnant may, ironically, be responsible for miscarriage, preterm birth, and birth de
...
SEP 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 8, 2016 – A series of new studies led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institu
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 07, 2016
Immunology
A compound found in newborns is thought to have the ability to treat excessive inflammation, which could be lifesaving i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 06, 2016
Immunology
There’s no cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and the disease gets irreversibly worse as it progresses.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 02, 2016
Cancer
Vitamins are once again in the spotlight this week. This time, researchers at Stanford University found a link between v
...
AUG 31, 2016
Immunology
Replacing faulty stem cells in the bone marrow with a transplant is one way to treat some bone cancers, but the immune r
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 31, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed a genome editing technique that does not require DNA to be cleaved. Called Target-AID, the te
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2016
Immunology
While a newborn’s immune system is getting revved up after birth, a specific sugar in the mother’s breast mi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 30, 2016
Microbiology
As research on the microbiome intensifies, new links between the microbial community the gastrointestinal tract and heal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2016
Immunology
An enzyme thought to only be active in human metabolism found to play a dual role in the immune response. Thanks to this
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2016
Microbiology
The relationship between parasites and cancer is not new; researchers have known for many years about parasites that can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s well know that sleep deprivation can cause a host of problems from inattention to depression and even certain
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 26, 2016
Immunology
When four children from Pakistani and Turkish families presented with skin rashes and inflamed joints that doctors could
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 25, 2016
Immunology
What the pharmaceutical industry calls “the key to obesity” is the only hormone known to enhance appetite, a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 25, 2016
Videos
According to the Food and Agricultural Organization, people squander about 2.9 trillion pounds of food every year. To pu
...
AUG 24, 2016
Immunology
The symptoms of poison ivy rashes and other skin conditions are commonly known. For poison ivy, it’s a painful and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems unlikely that being a musician could come with any big health risks. However, for one bagpiper from the U
...
AUG 23, 2016
Videos
The common cold comes from rhinoviruses and four main subgroups of coronavirus. Researchers have now identified the sour
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2016
Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2016
Microbiology
By modeling microsporidia infection in roundworms, scientists have determined that the single-celled fungi replicate by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch