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In biology, a natural product is a natural compound or substance that is produced by a living organisms, meaning that it is found in nature. In other words, in the broadest sense, natural products include any substance produced by life.
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SEP 23, 2016Plants & Animals
If you’re a little tree sapling in the middle of a forest somewhere, then you’re easy picking for animals li ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Powerful New Research Tool Reveals How Tecfidera® Blocks T-Cell Activation LA JOLLA, CA—September 21, 2016&mda ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 21, 2016Videos
The Grand Canyon is exactly that, one of nature's grandest creations. It's 277 miles long, 18 miles across at its widest ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 19, 2016Microbiology
Drought is not an unusual phenomenon. California experienced years of drought conditions and many places in the American ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2016Earth & The Environment
A state of emergency has been called in several states along the east coast because of a leak in Alabama’s Colonia ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 19, 2016Immunology
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial species responsible for numerous and deadly outbreaks of plague throughout human history, ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2016Microbiology
The first month of a newborn’s life is so critical to a lifetime of health that this period has a name: neonate. I ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Dana Farber/Boston Children's has been able to selectively silence a gene, BCL11A, found in 2008 to be an integral part ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 07, 2016Immunology
A compound found in newborns is thought to have the ability to treat excessive inflammation, which could be lifesaving i ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 06, 2016Cardiology
The proteins that make some species of deep sea jellyfish glow are helping scientists study human heart cells. While it& ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 04, 2016Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-1A satellite has been damaged by a piece of unforeseen space junk, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have proposed a new theory for the development of complex organisms from a single cell and it’s called ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that when proteins are made in the cell, a messenger RNA molecule made using DNA as a temp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2016Microbiology
The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the world’s deadliest infectious pathogens. Those bacteria are a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2016Immunology
What the pharmaceutical industry calls “the key to obesity” is the only hormone known to enhance appetite, a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 22, 2016Immunology
A compound produced by the immune system triggers the recruitment of immune cells during an infection, but only with the ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Image Credit: TSRI's Makarenkova lab LA JOLLA, CA – August 18, 2016 – The eye’s lacrimal gland is ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 17, 2016Immunology
Some cells in the immune system are for constantly pumping out antibodies during an infection, while others are saved fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
3D printing technology has incredible potential and there seems to be very few limits to its application as scientists r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The production of two cells from one, cell division, is one of the core functions in life. Cells divide many times durin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2016Health & Medicine
A lot of diseases and conditions are treated with biologics or biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are inherently mor ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAUG 11, 2016Health & Medicine
Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 11, 2016Cancer
While federal emergency aid for the lead contamination problem in Flint, Michigan is set to end on August 14, the proble ...AUG 10, 2016Immunology
A cancer treatment from the 1990s may not be commonly used now, but a new study from Monash University shows that it cou ...Written By: Kara Marker
SEP 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
If you’re a little tree sapling in the middle of a forest somewhere, then you’re easy picking for animals li
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Powerful New Research Tool Reveals How Tecfidera® Blocks T-Cell Activation LA JOLLA, CA—September 21, 2016&mda
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 21, 2016
Videos
The Grand Canyon is exactly that, one of nature's grandest creations. It's 277 miles long, 18 miles across at its widest
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 19, 2016
Microbiology
Drought is not an unusual phenomenon. California experienced years of drought conditions and many places in the American
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A state of emergency has been called in several states along the east coast because of a leak in Alabama’s Colonia
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 19, 2016
Immunology
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial species responsible for numerous and deadly outbreaks of plague throughout human history,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2016
Microbiology
The first month of a newborn’s life is so critical to a lifetime of health that this period has a name: neonate. I
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Dana Farber/Boston Children's has been able to selectively silence a gene, BCL11A, found in 2008 to be an integral part
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 07, 2016
Immunology
A compound found in newborns is thought to have the ability to treat excessive inflammation, which could be lifesaving i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2016
Cardiology
The proteins that make some species of deep sea jellyfish glow are helping scientists study human heart cells. While it&
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 04, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-1A satellite has been damaged by a piece of unforeseen space junk,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have proposed a new theory for the development of complex organisms from a single cell and it’s called
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that when proteins are made in the cell, a messenger RNA molecule made using DNA as a temp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2016
Microbiology
The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the world’s deadliest infectious pathogens. Those bacteria are a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2016
Immunology
What the pharmaceutical industry calls “the key to obesity” is the only hormone known to enhance appetite, a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 22, 2016
Immunology
A compound produced by the immune system triggers the recruitment of immune cells during an infection, but only with the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Image Credit: TSRI's Makarenkova lab LA JOLLA, CA – August 18, 2016 – The eye’s lacrimal gland is
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 17, 2016
Immunology
Some cells in the immune system are for constantly pumping out antibodies during an infection, while others are saved fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
3D printing technology has incredible potential and there seems to be very few limits to its application as scientists r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The production of two cells from one, cell division, is one of the core functions in life. Cells divide many times durin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
A lot of diseases and conditions are treated with biologics or biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are inherently mor
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
AUG 11, 2016
Health & Medicine
Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 11, 2016
Cancer
While federal emergency aid for the lead contamination problem in Flint, Michigan is set to end on August 14, the proble
...
AUG 10, 2016
Immunology
A cancer treatment from the 1990s may not be commonly used now, but a new study from Monash University shows that it cou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker