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The liver is the largest organ of the human body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons. The liver's main job is to filter the blood coming from the digestive tract, before passing it to the rest of the body.
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JUL 24, 2019Plants & Animals
The idea of having your body frozen solid and then thawed out sometime in the future sounds like something straight out ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 22, 2019Cancer
Treatment for breast cancer can be too expensive and hard to access for many women in lower-income countries. These wome ...Written By: Julia TraversJUL 21, 2019Cancer
In a new study from Northwestern Medicine, researchers analyzed which types of cancer receive the most and least amounts ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 19, 2019Health & Medicine
Recently cannabis and cancer treatment have gone hand and hand. Medical marijuana is becoming increasingly popular among ...JUL 16, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool has revolutionized biomedical research and has tremendous potential for use in the cli ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2019Health & Medicine
Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease with the hallmark diagnostic feature being non-caseating granulomas--clumps ...Written By: Dena ArutaJUL 09, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Uveal melanoma is a rare and aggressive type of melanoma that targets the eye and affects an estimated 2,500 people in t ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 22, 2019Cancer
Have you flossed recently? New research links poor gum health to liver cancer, adding the disease to the long list of ot ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 20, 2019Health & Medicine
A study from the University of Arkansas for Medical Science suggests that CBD may be damaging to our livers in the same ...JUN 20, 2019Health & Medicine
Dorrie Black works at Animal Internal Medicine and Specialty Services, a 24-hour veterinary clinic near Golden Gate Park ...JUN 19, 2019Microbiology
Children in eastern India have been dying of encephalitis. Around 400 kids have complained of dizziness, confusion and f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2019Microbiology
The gut microbiome has been shown to be closely related to human health, and appears to impact how we metabolize drugs.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 08, 2019Cardiology
Of all the blood disorders, anemia is the most common. According to The Heart Lung and Blood Institute, it affects over ...Written By: Abbie ArceJUN 07, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were surprised to find that neurons aren't the only aged cells in the body.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 05, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, an antidiabetic drug called metformin was found to alleviate anxiet ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 02, 2019Microbiology
While we're learning more about how the microbiome is linked to disease, there are many gaps in our knowledge that scien ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2019Health & Medicine
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) estimates that air pollution kills more than 6 million people each year an ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 30, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were surprised to find that an important enzyme that help regulate metabolism works in an unexpected way.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 29, 2019Health & Medicine
The most common form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic disease, is caused by mutations of chromosome ...Written By: Dena ArutaMAY 24, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Piqray (alpelisib) tablets, to be used in conjunction with FDA-approv ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 13, 2019Cancer
Results from a phase 3 clinical trial show that children with liver cancer may not need as much chemotherapy as has been ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 09, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
While the concept of phage therapy is not new, it's only recently begun to be used in the clinic.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Terpenes. You should get familiar with that word if you haven't already. These are aromatic compounds which give pla ...Written By: Amy LoriauxAPR 21, 2019Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant infections cause the deaths of about 23,000 Americans every year. By 2050, they're projected to kil ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2019
Plants & Animals
The idea of having your body frozen solid and then thawed out sometime in the future sounds like something straight out
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 22, 2019
Cancer
Treatment for breast cancer can be too expensive and hard to access for many women in lower-income countries. These wome
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUL 21, 2019
Cancer
In a new study from Northwestern Medicine, researchers analyzed which types of cancer receive the most and least amounts
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 19, 2019
Health & Medicine
Recently cannabis and cancer treatment have gone hand and hand. Medical marijuana is becoming increasingly popular among
...
JUL 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool has revolutionized biomedical research and has tremendous potential for use in the cli
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2019
Health & Medicine
Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease with the hallmark diagnostic feature being non-caseating granulomas--clumps
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
JUL 09, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Uveal melanoma is a rare and aggressive type of melanoma that targets the eye and affects an estimated 2,500 people in t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 22, 2019
Cancer
Have you flossed recently? New research links poor gum health to liver cancer, adding the disease to the long list of ot
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 20, 2019
Health & Medicine
A study from the University of Arkansas for Medical Science suggests that CBD may be damaging to our livers in the same
...
JUN 20, 2019
Health & Medicine
Dorrie Black works at Animal Internal Medicine and Specialty Services, a 24-hour veterinary clinic near Golden Gate Park
...
JUN 19, 2019
Microbiology
Children in eastern India have been dying of encephalitis. Around 400 kids have complained of dizziness, confusion and f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2019
Microbiology
The gut microbiome has been shown to be closely related to human health, and appears to impact how we metabolize drugs.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2019
Cardiology
Of all the blood disorders, anemia is the most common. According to The Heart Lung and Blood Institute, it affects over
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JUN 07, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were surprised to find that neurons aren't the only aged cells in the body.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, an antidiabetic drug called metformin was found to alleviate anxiet
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 02, 2019
Microbiology
While we're learning more about how the microbiome is linked to disease, there are many gaps in our knowledge that scien
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2019
Health & Medicine
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) estimates that air pollution kills more than 6 million people each year an
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 30, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were surprised to find that an important enzyme that help regulate metabolism works in an unexpected way.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2019
Health & Medicine
The most common form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic disease, is caused by mutations of chromosome
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAY 24, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Piqray (alpelisib) tablets, to be used in conjunction with FDA-approv
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 13, 2019
Cancer
Results from a phase 3 clinical trial show that children with liver cancer may not need as much chemotherapy as has been
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 09, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
While the concept of phage therapy is not new, it's only recently begun to be used in the clinic.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Terpenes. You should get familiar with that word if you haven't already. These are aromatic compounds which give pla
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
APR 21, 2019
Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant infections cause the deaths of about 23,000 Americans every year. By 2050, they're projected to kil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch