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Inflammation occurs when the immune system sends out cells to fight bacteria and/or heal an injury.
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APR 07, 2015Immunology
Modern humans have been blamed for killing off the Neanderthals by out competing them, breeding with them and even outri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Inflammation is high on the suspect list for negatively impacting both mental and physical well-being, but the particula ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Memory and as well as connections between brain cells were restored in mice with a model of Alzheimer's given an experim ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have been looking into the effects of air pollution. While it sh ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 30, 2015Microbiology
Researchers have have developed a new computational model that effectively simulates the mechanical behavior of biofilms ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Immunology
It was a puzzling case. The 2.5-year-old French girl had been healthy, but in 2011 she had to be hospitalized because sh ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Move over yogurt. Turns out your microbiota need more fiber in their diet.
If you feel like you've heard just ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 20, 2015Immunology
In recent years, a deficiency of vitamin D has been linked to type 2 diabetes and heart disease, two illnesses tha ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 20, 2015Cancer
Monash scientists have discovered a molecule that is crucial to the survival of stem cells in the intestine.
...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 18, 2015Neuroscience
Scientists at The University of Manchester have made an important new discovery about the brain's immune system that cou ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Cardiology
To find out how blood flow in the heart shields against the hardening of valves in cardiovascular disease, researchers u ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a study published in the current online issue of JAMA Psychiatry, an international team of scientists, led by researc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Cancer
A provocative study in mice suggests something as simple as breathing in extra oxygen might give immune cells a boost in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 27, 2015Health & Medicine
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile, or C. diff) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United St ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 26, 2015Cardiology
Inflammation - the body's response to damaging stimuli - may have a protective effect against cardiovascular disease, ac ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 26, 2015Health & Medicine
Emulsifiers, which are added to most processed foods to aid texture and extend shelf life, can alter the gut microbiota ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 20, 2015Health & Medicine
Methamphetamine starts out as a feed-good drug, but its long-term effects can be devastating. Research demonstrates that ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 18, 2015Microbiology
Researchers have found a remarkable-and heretofore unseen-way in which viruses disperse between cells. Multiple poliovir ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 17, 2014Cardiology
Important research out of Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute shows promise for heart muscle damage caused by Duchenne Muscular ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 07, 2015
Immunology
Modern humans have been blamed for killing off the Neanderthals by out competing them, breeding with them and even outri
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Inflammation is high on the suspect list for negatively impacting both mental and physical well-being, but the particula
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory and as well as connections between brain cells were restored in mice with a model of Alzheimer's given an experim
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have been looking into the effects of air pollution. While it sh
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 30, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers have have developed a new computational model that effectively simulates the mechanical behavior of biofilms
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
It was a puzzling case. The 2.5-year-old French girl had been healthy, but in 2011 she had to be hospitalized because sh
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Move over yogurt. Turns out your microbiota need more fiber in their diet.
If you feel like you've heard just ...
If you feel like you've heard just ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 20, 2015
Immunology
In recent years, a deficiency of vitamin D has been linked to type 2 diabetes and heart disease, two illnesses tha ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 20, 2015
Cancer
Monash scientists have discovered a molecule that is crucial to the survival of stem cells in the intestine.
...
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 18, 2015
Neuroscience
Scientists at The University of Manchester have made an important new discovery about the brain's immune system that cou
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Cardiology
To find out how blood flow in the heart shields against the hardening of valves in cardiovascular disease, researchers u
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 11, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a study published in the current online issue of JAMA Psychiatry, an international team of scientists, led by researc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Cancer
A provocative study in mice suggests something as simple as breathing in extra oxygen might give immune cells a boost in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile, or C. diff) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United St
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 26, 2015
Cardiology
Inflammation - the body's response to damaging stimuli - may have a protective effect against cardiovascular disease, ac
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 26, 2015
Health & Medicine
Emulsifiers, which are added to most processed foods to aid texture and extend shelf life, can alter the gut microbiota
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
Methamphetamine starts out as a feed-good drug, but its long-term effects can be devastating. Research demonstrates that
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 18, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers have found a remarkable-and heretofore unseen-way in which viruses disperse between cells. Multiple poliovir
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 17, 2014
Cardiology
Important research out of Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute shows promise for heart muscle damage caused by Duchenne Muscular
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim