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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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NOV 12, 2015Health & Medicine
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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a critical role played by an enzyme in cancer and autoimmun ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
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There are several risk factors that have been identified for breast cancer including age, reproductive history, hormones ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 16, 2015Microbiology
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Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
A new report by scientists from Oregon State University and the University of North Carolina states that blooms of toxic ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 12, 2015Cancer
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a drug candidate that overstimulates proteins critical to tumor ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 11, 2015Neuroscience
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How do tumors grow, and how can they be stopped? A collaborative study between Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 03, 2015Cancer
Researchers at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, have shown that a combination of three proteins ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
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
SEP 17, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The thought of aging is a scary one for many of us. If you could use science to turn back the hands of time, wouldn&rsqu
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are several risk factors that have been identified for breast cancer including age, reproductive history, hormones
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 16, 2015
Microbiology
New research suggests that the gut microbiome plays a critical role in sickle cell disease. Researchers at Albert
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 13, 2015
Microbiology
Salmonella enterica are a group of rod shaped bacteria that are most commonly associated with foodborne illness in human
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 29, 2015
Cancer
Viruses can be involved in the development of serious diseases. A case in point is liver cancer, which often develops in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 28, 2015
Cancer
Pancreatic cancer, the fourth deadliest cancer in the U.S., is very hard to detect in its early stages. Rarely diagnosed
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Massachusetts General Hospital has been investigating the neurobiology underlying the effects of general anesthesia. Tho
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 25, 2015
Cancer
“Second cancers are on the rise,” according to an article by Marilynn Marchione, AP medical writer, that app
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Plants & Animals
A veterinarian from Portland, OR is seeking action from the US Food and Drug Administration in order to obtain warning l
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 13, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A new report by scientists from Oregon State University and the University of North Carolina states that blooms of toxic
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 12, 2015
Cancer
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a drug candidate that overstimulates proteins critical to tumor
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 11, 2015
Neuroscience
A drug already been in use to treat liver disease may slow down the progression of Parkinson's disease, according to sci
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 06, 2015
Cancer
How do tumors grow, and how can they be stopped? A collaborative study between Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 03, 2015
Cancer
Researchers at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, have shown that a combination of three proteins
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider