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Medical Genetics
Medical Genetics: involves the application of genetics to medical care, including research on the causes and inheritance of genetic disorders, and their diagnosis and management.
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OCT 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
There are different types of dementia, a term for a loss of cognitive function, including Alzheimer's disease and Le ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2020Microbiology
Not all viruses affect animal cells; some viruses can infect bacteria. Humans are known to carry vast numbers of microor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Many drugs can have a wide range of impacts on the patients that take them; doctors often have to adjust a person's dosa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used model organisms to view the first few hours of development in various organisms. A single cell is f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2020Microbiology
Cholera is an intestinal infection caused by Vibrio cholerae. Cholera has been a scourge throughout human history, and i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2020Microbiology
Schistosomiasis doesn't get much research attention, but it affects around 240 million people around the world, killing ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have been trying to find out why some people get such severe illness from SA ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2020Cardiology
For the first time, researchers have gained unprecedented insight into the function of the healthy human heart by creati ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2020Microbiology
There are many different strains of Escherichia coli bacteria, some of which live harmlessly in the human gut. But some ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2020Microbiology
Poxviruses are deadly viruses that are known to infect both animals and humans. Cowpox and monkeypox are both known to s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Friedreich's ataxia causes degeneration in the peripheral nervous system, and movement is progressively impaired over ti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2020Health & Medicine
Researchers are beginning to examine how the world's response to the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 went wrong, and right ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2020Chemistry & Physics
General anesthesia refers to the medical procedure anesthesiologists applies to patients, in order to induce paraly ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 12, 2020Chemistry & Physics
The development of a novel colorimetric sensor may bring some mental relief to your COVID-19 anxieties. According to the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
While institutional racism in the healthcare system plays a major part, there seem to also be biological reasons why the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Diseases that are caused by errors in a gene might be cured if we could correct those errors, or genetic mutations.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 03, 2020Cancer
A new study published in the British Medical Journal is the largest of its kind to look at the link between hair dy ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 31, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Krabbe disease or globoid cell leukodystrophy is a rare and deadly disorder that affects about one in every 100,000 infa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Our bodies need vast numbers of proteins to function. Dysfunctional proteins, which can be caused by errors in the genes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2020Cancer
Genome repair is one of the big-ticket research areas for the future of medicine. CRISPR-Cas9 systems can edit the genom ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 27, 2020Cardiology
Dry mouth is one of those things you sort of ignore until you can refill your water bottle. Maybe you should take a seco ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 25, 2020Cannabis Sciences
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Epidiolex, a cannabidiol (CBD) oral solution, to treat seizures linked ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 24, 2020Immunology
Once in the body, HIV tracks down T cells that bear the CD4 receptor. It attaches to these immune cells, fusing itself w ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
There are different types of dementia, a term for a loss of cognitive function, including Alzheimer's disease and Le
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2020
Microbiology
Not all viruses affect animal cells; some viruses can infect bacteria. Humans are known to carry vast numbers of microor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many drugs can have a wide range of impacts on the patients that take them; doctors often have to adjust a person's dosa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used model organisms to view the first few hours of development in various organisms. A single cell is f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2020
Microbiology
Cholera is an intestinal infection caused by Vibrio cholerae. Cholera has been a scourge throughout human history, and i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2020
Microbiology
Schistosomiasis doesn't get much research attention, but it affects around 240 million people around the world, killing
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have been trying to find out why some people get such severe illness from SA
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2020
Cardiology
For the first time, researchers have gained unprecedented insight into the function of the healthy human heart by creati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2020
Microbiology
There are many different strains of Escherichia coli bacteria, some of which live harmlessly in the human gut. But some
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2020
Microbiology
Poxviruses are deadly viruses that are known to infect both animals and humans. Cowpox and monkeypox are both known to s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Friedreich's ataxia causes degeneration in the peripheral nervous system, and movement is progressively impaired over ti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2020
Health & Medicine
Researchers are beginning to examine how the world's response to the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 went wrong, and right
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
General anesthesia refers to the medical procedure anesthesiologists applies to patients, in order to induce paraly
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 12, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
The development of a novel colorimetric sensor may bring some mental relief to your COVID-19 anxieties. According to the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
While institutional racism in the healthcare system plays a major part, there seem to also be biological reasons why the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Diseases that are caused by errors in a gene might be cured if we could correct those errors, or genetic mutations.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2020
Cancer
A new study published in the British Medical Journal is the largest of its kind to look at the link between hair dy
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 31, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Krabbe disease or globoid cell leukodystrophy is a rare and deadly disorder that affects about one in every 100,000 infa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our bodies need vast numbers of proteins to function. Dysfunctional proteins, which can be caused by errors in the genes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2020
Cancer
Genome repair is one of the big-ticket research areas for the future of medicine. CRISPR-Cas9 systems can edit the genom
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 27, 2020
Cardiology
Dry mouth is one of those things you sort of ignore until you can refill your water bottle. Maybe you should take a seco
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 25, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Epidiolex, a cannabidiol (CBD) oral solution, to treat seizures linked
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 24, 2020
Immunology
Once in the body, HIV tracks down T cells that bear the CD4 receptor. It attaches to these immune cells, fusing itself w
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch