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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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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
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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 MarkerNOV 29, 2017Health & Medicine
Sitting down with a nice cup of coffee is something thousands of people do every day. The science research on it, howeve ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 22, 2017Microbiology
Salmonella enterica is the leading cause of bacterial illness in the United States as well as other parts of the world. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 21, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
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CRISPR gene editing is being attempted for the first time in an adult; the patient has a disease called Hunter Syndrome.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
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Women who have seemingly beaten breast cancer may still be at risk for the cancer’s unceremonious return decades l ...NOV 17, 2017Videos
Ever feel the need to "detox?" A lot of commercial products claim they have the stuff to get it done, but the body actua ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 15, 2017Health & Medicine
Weight loss can be a challenge, but staying at a healthy size and BMI is a vital part of staying well. There are all sor ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 11, 2017Cancer
Seemingly innocent sips of alcohol on the daily may be increasing a person’s overall risk for several types of can ...NOV 09, 2017Immunology
Regulatory T cells control the activity of other cells, but who regulates the regulatory T cells? Scientists from the Sa ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 04, 2017Cardiology
The body has built-in mechanisms to handle brain injury, but when something disrupts the repair process, neurological di ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 03, 2017Microbiology
The thenatomicrobiome refers to the microbial community existing on or in an animal or human host after it dies. Better ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 02, 2017Cancer
Aspirin, one of the cheapest and most readily available drugs, may help people avoid a host of gastrointestinal cancers, ...
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
NOV 29, 2017
Health & Medicine
Sitting down with a nice cup of coffee is something thousands of people do every day. The science research on it, howeve
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 22, 2017
Microbiology
Salmonella enterica is the leading cause of bacterial illness in the United States as well as other parts of the world.
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 21, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
We are using 3D organoids to unravel new therapies for a broad spectrum of human disease
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 21, 2017
Technology
Foldit is a computer game that uses human ingenuity and "problem-solving intuition" to explore the behaviors of proteins
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 20, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR gene editing is being attempted for the first time in an adult; the patient has a disease called Hunter Syndrome.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat waves can be very dangerous, especially to vulnerable groups of the population. They are also on the rise worldwide
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2017
Videos
About 95% of Americans are in favor of organ donation, but only 50% of us sign up to be organ donors. Why is that? Of co
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 17, 2017
Cancer
Women who have seemingly beaten breast cancer may still be at risk for the cancer’s unceremonious return decades l
...
NOV 17, 2017
Videos
Ever feel the need to "detox?" A lot of commercial products claim they have the stuff to get it done, but the body actua
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 15, 2017
Health & Medicine
Weight loss can be a challenge, but staying at a healthy size and BMI is a vital part of staying well. There are all sor
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 11, 2017
Cancer
Seemingly innocent sips of alcohol on the daily may be increasing a person’s overall risk for several types of can
...
NOV 09, 2017
Immunology
Regulatory T cells control the activity of other cells, but who regulates the regulatory T cells? Scientists from the Sa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 04, 2017
Cardiology
The body has built-in mechanisms to handle brain injury, but when something disrupts the repair process, neurological di
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 03, 2017
Microbiology
The thenatomicrobiome refers to the microbial community existing on or in an animal or human host after it dies. Better
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 02, 2017
Cancer
Aspirin, one of the cheapest and most readily available drugs, may help people avoid a host of gastrointestinal cancers,
...