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Kidney
The kidney is one of the human vital organs which is responsible for filtering the blood and getting rid of the waste products. Each kidney is about 4 or 5 inches long, roughly the size of a large fist. The kidneys' job is to filter your blood.
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APR 15, 2015Cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to el ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 08, 2015Immunology
An over-the-counter drug indicated to treat allergy symptoms limited hepatitis C virus activity in infected mice, accord ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 25, 2015Health & Medicine
A research team from Washington University in St. Louis has developed a noninvasive kidney cancer screening method to sc ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 25, 2015Cardiology
Working with lab animals and human heart cells, scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions have identified wha ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 25, 2015Cancer
Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In spite of research into the genetic muta ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Happy World Kidney Day! Now go drink some water!
Eating a healthy and balanced food is important in order to ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 24, 2015Cardiology
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have found that the blood platelet protein Rasa3 is critical to the success of ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of ...Written By: Greg CruikshankNOV 20, 2014Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 15, 2014Immunology
Itch, scratch, itch scratch. It can be a vicious cycle. Everyone's been bothered by some form of itch, but we usually kn ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 24, 2014Cardiology
Previous studies linking older age with kidney and heart disease have raised concerns about the safety of living kidney ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 21, 2014Immunology
New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, published in the current issue of JAMA Pediatrics, i ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 10, 2014Genetics & Genomics
At Forbes magazine's June Techonomy conference, Nancy J. Kelly former founding director of the New York Genome Center ga ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 16, 2014Technology
You could soon be going to your local Staples and printing out a kidney or liver. Well, no, we're not quite there yet, b ...Written By: Peter MicheliAPR 03, 2014Technology
Animal testing is a distasteful part of chemical and drug development, and some have argued that it is unnecessary and/o ...
APR 15, 2015
Cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to el
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 08, 2015
Immunology
An over-the-counter drug indicated to treat allergy symptoms limited hepatitis C virus activity in infected mice, accord
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 25, 2015
Health & Medicine
A research team from Washington University in St. Louis has developed a noninvasive kidney cancer screening method to sc
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 25, 2015
Cardiology
Working with lab animals and human heart cells, scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions have identified wha
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 25, 2015
Cancer
Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In spite of research into the genetic muta
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Happy World Kidney Day! Now go drink some water!
Eating a healthy and balanced food is important in order to ...
Eating a healthy and balanced food is important in order to ...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 24, 2015
Cardiology
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have found that the blood platelet protein Rasa3 is critical to the success of
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
NOV 20, 2014
Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 15, 2014
Immunology
Itch, scratch, itch scratch. It can be a vicious cycle. Everyone's been bothered by some form of itch, but we usually kn
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUL 24, 2014
Cardiology
Previous studies linking older age with kidney and heart disease have raised concerns about the safety of living kidney
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 21, 2014
Immunology
New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, published in the current issue of JAMA Pediatrics, i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 10, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
At Forbes magazine's June Techonomy conference, Nancy J. Kelly former founding director of the New York Genome Center ga
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 16, 2014
Technology
You could soon be going to your local Staples and printing out a kidney or liver. Well, no, we're not quite there yet, b
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
APR 03, 2014
Technology
Animal testing is a distasteful part of chemical and drug development, and some have argued that it is unnecessary and/o
...