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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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FEB 15, 2018Immunology
An unlikely collaboration, a virus and the human immune system, is working to address a common enemy: cancer. From the U ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 13, 2018Health & Medicine
The question of cellphones and dangerous radiation is one that's been debated in science since the first hand-held p ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 13, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing a dangerous infection by a fungal yeast that often devastates hospital patients is now faster and more effici ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 08, 2018Immunology
Proteins in cow’s milk can cause an allergic reaction different from lactose intolerance, but these proteins also ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 23, 2018Cancer
A new treatment focuses on cutting off cancer's dialogue with bone marrow, keeping it from hijacking the body's normal f ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 23, 2018Cancer
Polyphenols are known to have anti-oxidant properties - they prevent oxidation, which can lead to cell damage in the bod ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 22, 2018Cancer
The team expresses the need for there to be larger studies at this point into the new blood test and says these studies ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 17, 2018Health & Medicine
Losing weight can be a struggle for many. Whether it’s five pounds or fifty, staying on a diet, getting enough exe ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 11, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientists have made a connection between specific biomarkers and gastric cancer outcomes. Alcohol c ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 09, 2018Cancer
"This paper provides very strong evidence that an alcohol metabolite causes DNA damage [including] to the all-important ...Written By: Julia TraversDEC 29, 2017Cannabis Sciences
A continued look at some big research news in 2017.Written By: Loren DeVitoDEC 29, 2017Cannabis Sciences
Find out what happened in cannabis research this year.Written By: Loren DeVitoDEC 27, 2017Immunology
The interaction between effector T cells and bile acid is little understood, yet the details behind the relationship cou ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 22, 2017Health & Medicine
The field of lab-grown organs referred to as "organoids" is one that is growing exponentially. By creating min ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A cheap and commonly used diabetes drug may also treat and prevent preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a medical condition tha ...DEC 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Simon Bramhall, a previously successful British surgeon, must have felt God-like when he etched his initials &ldquo ...DEC 12, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers develop method to screen drug candidates for precision based cystic fibrosis therapyWritten By: Courtney SchaalDEC 09, 2017Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects almost everyone by the time they’re 30, but not everyone necessarily shows sy ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 08, 2017Cancer
How an antidrinking drug kills cancer too Anti-alcohol drug kills cancer too Age-old alcohol-abuse drug finds new life f ...DEC 07, 2017Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology has been hailed as revolutionary, but the technique came with some caveats. Now, it ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2017Cancer
Virtually every type of cancer has metastatic potential – that is, the tumor cells can leave its original site and ...DEC 02, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are trying to find out how to use genetic data to improve metabolic health; they are discovering diets are n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2017Cardiology
The reason why people of the same weight can have very different risk profiles for heart disease is because the distribu ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2017Immunology
The search for a safe, effective vaccine to protect billions of at-risk people from malaria continues, and the newest st ...Written By: Kara Marker
FEB 15, 2018
Immunology
An unlikely collaboration, a virus and the human immune system, is working to address a common enemy: cancer. From the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 13, 2018
Health & Medicine
The question of cellphones and dangerous radiation is one that's been debated in science since the first hand-held p
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 13, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing a dangerous infection by a fungal yeast that often devastates hospital patients is now faster and more effici
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 08, 2018
Immunology
Proteins in cow’s milk can cause an allergic reaction different from lactose intolerance, but these proteins also
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 23, 2018
Cancer
A new treatment focuses on cutting off cancer's dialogue with bone marrow, keeping it from hijacking the body's normal f
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 23, 2018
Cancer
Polyphenols are known to have anti-oxidant properties - they prevent oxidation, which can lead to cell damage in the bod
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 22, 2018
Cancer
The team expresses the need for there to be larger studies at this point into the new blood test and says these studies
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 17, 2018
Health & Medicine
Losing weight can be a struggle for many. Whether it’s five pounds or fifty, staying on a diet, getting enough exe
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 11, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientists have made a connection between specific biomarkers and gastric cancer outcomes. Alcohol c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 09, 2018
Cancer
"This paper provides very strong evidence that an alcohol metabolite causes DNA damage [including] to the all-important
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 29, 2017
Cannabis Sciences
A continued look at some big research news in 2017.
Written By:
Loren DeVito
DEC 29, 2017
Cannabis Sciences
Find out what happened in cannabis research this year.
Written By:
Loren DeVito
DEC 27, 2017
Immunology
The interaction between effector T cells and bile acid is little understood, yet the details behind the relationship cou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 22, 2017
Health & Medicine
The field of lab-grown organs referred to as "organoids" is one that is growing exponentially. By creating min
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A cheap and commonly used diabetes drug may also treat and prevent preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a medical condition tha
...
DEC 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Simon Bramhall, a previously successful British surgeon, must have felt God-like when he etched his initials &ldquo
...
DEC 12, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers develop method to screen drug candidates for precision based cystic fibrosis therapy
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 09, 2017
Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects almost everyone by the time they’re 30, but not everyone necessarily shows sy
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2017
Cancer
How an antidrinking drug kills cancer too Anti-alcohol drug kills cancer too Age-old alcohol-abuse drug finds new life f
...
DEC 07, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology has been hailed as revolutionary, but the technique came with some caveats. Now, it
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2017
Cancer
Virtually every type of cancer has metastatic potential – that is, the tumor cells can leave its original site and
...
DEC 02, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are trying to find out how to use genetic data to improve metabolic health; they are discovering diets are n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2017
Cardiology
The reason why people of the same weight can have very different risk profiles for heart disease is because the distribu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2017
Immunology
The search for a safe, effective vaccine to protect billions of at-risk people from malaria continues, and the newest st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker