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Laboratory Medicine: is where clinical tests are carried out to obtain information about the health of a patient to aid in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
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MAR 11, 2015Cancer
A new study of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a blood cancer that primarily affects young children, has revealed th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have gotten one step closer to unraveling the highly complex series of processes that lead to an event criti ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have located and narrowed down the number of genes that play a role in diabetes. The crucial development is ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 09, 2015Immunology
Alligators are formidable animals. They have been around since the age of dinosaurs-and they certainly look like i ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 05, 2015Neuroscience
The brain relies on the stabilizing mechanism called "homeostasis" to compensate for erratic shifts and spikes in its ne ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 04, 2015Immunology
Researchers at Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and The Scripps Research Inst ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Highlighting a potential target in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease, new research sugges ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 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, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Georgia have identified a previously unknown process that many bacteria, including thos ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 25, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have shown that small molecules can "hijack" enzyme function in mice, suggesting a possible preventive mechan ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Cardiology
Frequent use of lead aprons to protect medical professionals in the interventional lab and radiology departments from ra ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The FDA has approved the Bloom Syndrome carrier test from 23andMe, Mountain View, Calif, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) gene ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 18, 2015Microbiology
Researchers have found a remarkable-and heretofore unseen-way in which viruses disperse between cells. Multiple poliovir ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 13, 2015Neuroscience
While tens of millions of people have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cave ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have created a hyper-fast, super-scalable software that shortens from weeks to mere hours the time needed to ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers using a new method that handily lengthens human telomeres have found that treated cells act like young (untr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJAN 21, 2015Cancer
This is the second article in a series. The first article, titled "New Year Brings Overhaul of CPT Test Codes for ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJAN 12, 2015Health & Medicine
While long touted for it's health benefits as well as it's ability to enhance any dinner party, red wine has been studie ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 26, 2014Technology
Space is one of the most demanding and unforgiving environments. Human exploration of space requires astronauts to maint ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAR 11, 2015
Cancer
A new study of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a blood cancer that primarily affects young children, has revealed th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have gotten one step closer to unraveling the highly complex series of processes that lead to an event criti
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have located and narrowed down the number of genes that play a role in diabetes. The crucial development is
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 09, 2015
Immunology
Alligators are formidable animals. They have been around since the age of dinosaurs-and they certainly look like i ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 05, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain relies on the stabilizing mechanism called "homeostasis" to compensate for erratic shifts and spikes in its ne
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 04, 2015
Immunology
Researchers at Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and The Scripps Research Inst
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Highlighting a potential target in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease, new research sugges
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
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
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Georgia have identified a previously unknown process that many bacteria, including thos
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 25, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have shown that small molecules can "hijack" enzyme function in mice, suggesting a possible preventive mechan
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 25, 2015
Cardiology
Frequent use of lead aprons to protect medical professionals in the interventional lab and radiology departments from ra
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The FDA has approved the Bloom Syndrome carrier test from 23andMe, Mountain View, Calif, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) gene
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
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
FEB 13, 2015
Neuroscience
While tens of millions of people have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cave
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 11, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have created a hyper-fast, super-scalable software that shortens from weeks to mere hours the time needed to
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers using a new method that handily lengthens human telomeres have found that treated cells act like young (untr
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
JAN 21, 2015
Cancer
This is the second article in a series. The first article, titled "New Year Brings Overhaul of CPT Test Codes for ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
JAN 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
While long touted for it's health benefits as well as it's ability to enhance any dinner party, red wine has been studie
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 26, 2014
Technology
Space is one of the most demanding and unforgiving environments. Human exploration of space requires astronauts to maint
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider