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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 24, 2015Microbiology
People suffering from leukemia or lymphoma are particularly vulnerable to mold diseases such as aspergillosis and mucorm ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 15, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r ...DEC 10, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro ...DEC 06, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In April of this year the FDA approved its first ever 3D printed pills. Progressing even farther, a team of researchers ...DEC 01, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
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Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates of all cancer types, largely because the cancer spreads rapidly a ...NOV 28, 2015Health & Medicine
A group of German and Israeli scientists have successfully grown human liver cells in the laboratory that did not lose t ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 28, 2015Health & Medicine
A sedentary lifestyle can lead to health conditions like type 2 diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. In serious cases, ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 24, 2015Microbiology
Thanksgiving is fast-approaching, which means many of us will be chowing down on turkey. I thought, “what be ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 24, 2015Immunology
A large number of people diagnosed with depression experience an inability to feel pleasure, and antidepressants don' ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 22, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a cause of chronic watery diarrhea that is attributed to a lack of nutrient abso ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 19, 2015Microbiology
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed nearly 12,000 lives since 2014, leaving researchers scrambling to develop ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 19, 2015Videos
While the conventional wisdom is that drugs are bad for you, there is a growing amount of information that marijuana isn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 17, 2015Cardiology
HAX-1 is an anti-cell death protein that could protect cardiac cells during traumatic cardiovascular events like heart a ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 16, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
As organ donors, people consent to donating their vital organs after death, such as the heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys ...NOV 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Aside from making it difficult to fit into pants, sporting a so-called beer belly or mushy middle may actually kill you! ...NOV 10, 2015Microbiology
Glutathione is an extremely important antioxidant, the king of all detoxifying agents that prevents oxidative stress in ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 05, 2015Cancer
A 41-year old man based out of Columbia has reportedly died of a strange type of cancer that doctors had a lot of troubl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 04, 2015Immunology
Previously thought to create immunotolerance, scientists from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapo ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 26, 2015Immunology
Sirolimus, an immunosuppressant drug, as recently been used in clinical trials for patients with autoimmune blood disord ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 21, 2015Videos
From Cambridge University in England, Dr. Lucy Thorne traveled to Uganda to collaborate with scientists there to study t ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 09, 2015Microbiology
In developed countries, Salmonella is a relatively benign pathogen. It is typically a cause of food-borne illness, ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 06, 2015Immunology
The Nova Scotia Health Authority in Canada is leading a hepatitis C study at the Prince Edward Island's (PEI) provin ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 21, 2015Cancer
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a critical role played by an enzyme in cancer and autoimmun ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
DEC 24, 2015
Microbiology
People suffering from leukemia or lymphoma are particularly vulnerable to mold diseases such as aspergillosis and mucorm
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 15, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r
...
DEC 10, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro
...
DEC 06, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In April of this year the FDA approved its first ever 3D printed pills. Progressing even farther, a team of researchers
...
DEC 01, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Truvuda, also known as PrEP, is a little blue pill that is the only FDA approved drug for prophylactic prevention agains
...
NOV 30, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates of all cancer types, largely because the cancer spreads rapidly a
...
NOV 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
A group of German and Israeli scientists have successfully grown human liver cells in the laboratory that did not lose t
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
A sedentary lifestyle can lead to health conditions like type 2 diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. In serious cases,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 24, 2015
Microbiology
Thanksgiving is fast-approaching, which means many of us will be chowing down on turkey. I thought, “what be
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 24, 2015
Immunology
A large number of people diagnosed with depression experience an inability to feel pleasure, and antidepressants don'
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a cause of chronic watery diarrhea that is attributed to a lack of nutrient abso
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 19, 2015
Microbiology
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed nearly 12,000 lives since 2014, leaving researchers scrambling to develop
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 19, 2015
Videos
While the conventional wisdom is that drugs are bad for you, there is a growing amount of information that marijuana isn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 17, 2015
Cardiology
HAX-1 is an anti-cell death protein that could protect cardiac cells during traumatic cardiovascular events like heart a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
As organ donors, people consent to donating their vital organs after death, such as the heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys
...
NOV 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Aside from making it difficult to fit into pants, sporting a so-called beer belly or mushy middle may actually kill you!
...
NOV 10, 2015
Microbiology
Glutathione is an extremely important antioxidant, the king of all detoxifying agents that prevents oxidative stress in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 05, 2015
Cancer
A 41-year old man based out of Columbia has reportedly died of a strange type of cancer that doctors had a lot of troubl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 04, 2015
Immunology
Previously thought to create immunotolerance, scientists from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 26, 2015
Immunology
Sirolimus, an immunosuppressant drug, as recently been used in clinical trials for patients with autoimmune blood disord
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 21, 2015
Videos
From Cambridge University in England, Dr. Lucy Thorne traveled to Uganda to collaborate with scientists there to study t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 09, 2015
Microbiology
In developed countries, Salmonella is a relatively benign pathogen. It is typically a cause of food-borne illness,
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 06, 2015
Immunology
The Nova Scotia Health Authority in Canada is leading a hepatitis C study at the Prince Edward Island's (PEI) provin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 21, 2015
Cancer
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a critical role played by an enzyme in cancer and autoimmun
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider