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Immunity
Immunity: is the balanced state of multicellular organisms having adequate biological defenses to fight infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion, while having adequate tolerance to avoid allergy, and autoimmune diseases.
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SEP 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The beloved actor Gene Wilder died earlier this week from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was one of the ...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, 2016Immunology
Image Credit: iStockphoto Preschool children with a peanut allergy were able to start eating peanuts after taking part i ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 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 LeitchAUG 23, 2016Videos
Known medically as "rhinotillexomania," nose-picking is not only an unsightly and unsanitary habit, it also poses as a h ...AUG 22, 2016Immunology
A compound produced by the immune system triggers the recruitment of immune cells during an infection, but only with the ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 19, 2016Immunology
Sometimes the immune system can react too strongly to influenza infections and cause lethal complications of pneumonia. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 17, 2016Immunology
Some cells in the immune system are for constantly pumping out antibodies during an infection, while others are saved fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 17, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f ...AUG 17, 2016Videos
Vibrio cholerae bacteria will fire toxins off when confronted with encroaching neighbors on crab shells. The process see ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The beloved actor Gene Wilder died earlier this week from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was one of the
...
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
Immunology
Image Credit: iStockphoto Preschool children with a peanut allergy were able to start eating peanuts after taking part i
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
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
AUG 23, 2016
Videos
Known medically as "rhinotillexomania," nose-picking is not only an unsightly and unsanitary habit, it also poses as a h
...
AUG 22, 2016
Immunology
A compound produced by the immune system triggers the recruitment of immune cells during an infection, but only with the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 19, 2016
Immunology
Sometimes the immune system can react too strongly to influenza infections and cause lethal complications of pneumonia.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 17, 2016
Immunology
Some cells in the immune system are for constantly pumping out antibodies during an infection, while others are saved fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f
...
AUG 17, 2016
Videos
Vibrio cholerae bacteria will fire toxins off when confronted with encroaching neighbors on crab shells. The process see
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch