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Neuropathology
Neuropathology: is the study of disease of nervous system tissue, usually in the form of either small surgical biopsies or whole-body autopsies.
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SEP 01, 2025Microbiology
The gastrointestinal tract is the biggest immune organ in mammals. The gut extends its influence all over the body throu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
When proteins are made in a cell, they start out as strings of amino acids, which have to be folded into the correct, 3D ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2025Genetics & Genomics
When the brain is injured in some way, a wide range of biochemical changes are triggered ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2025Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing tool has been revolionary for the research lab, and it has also been used to transform the lives ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been trying to identify the exact causes of Alzheimer's disease for many years, and we know that patholo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Our guts are lined with an essential barrier that keeps the microbes in the gastrointestinal tract away from the rest of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Lissencephaly refers to a rare condition in which the folds usually found in the brain do not develop, and brain develop ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2024Earth & The Environment
Glyphosate-based herbicides are among the most commonly applied herbicides in the world. Glyphosate takes aim at a plant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is an incredible technique that was developed in the 1980s. It uses radio waves, giant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit flies, are convenient research tools, and they have many genes in common with humans.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Sometimes there are slightly different versions of genes, such as the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene. The APOE4 variant in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Schizophrenia is thought to affect 1 percent of the global population, and treatment options are limited because of a po ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The neurodevelomental disease Rett syndrome is usually caused by mutations in a gene called MECP2, which is located on t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2024Genetics & Genomics
With powerful tools that sequence the genes that are being expressed in individual cells, scientists have gained new ins ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used an organoid model to gain new insights into Huntington's disease, a fatal genetic disorder that cau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2024Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus that causes the illness - SARS-CoV-2 - has had a practically infinit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Proteomics tools allow researchers and clinicians to assess the proteins that are in a sample, such as human blood. A ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2024Genetics & Genomics
While some genes have been linked to specific disorders, it may not always be clear how changes in those genes can lead ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system, and peripheral nerves extend through the body, sending inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that the delusions and hallucinations that psychosis patients experience result from the malf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 10, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects an estimated 18 million people around the world, and not everyone gets relief from ant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2024Genetics & Genomics
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, there was a marked increase in neurological complications such as febrile seizu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
In motor neuron disease, the nerve cells that control muscle movement degenerate and die. One form of MND is Amyotrophic ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2025
Microbiology
The gastrointestinal tract is the biggest immune organ in mammals. The gut extends its influence all over the body throu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
When proteins are made in a cell, they start out as strings of amino acids, which have to be folded into the correct, 3D
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
When the brain is injured in some way, a wide range of biochemical changes are triggered ...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing tool has been revolionary for the research lab, and it has also been used to transform the lives
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been trying to identify the exact causes of Alzheimer's disease for many years, and we know that patholo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our guts are lined with an essential barrier that keeps the microbes in the gastrointestinal tract away from the rest of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Lissencephaly refers to a rare condition in which the folds usually found in the brain do not develop, and brain develop
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Glyphosate-based herbicides are among the most commonly applied herbicides in the world. Glyphosate takes aim at a plant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is an incredible technique that was developed in the 1980s. It uses radio waves, giant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit flies, are convenient research tools, and they have many genes in common with humans.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sometimes there are slightly different versions of genes, such as the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene. The APOE4 variant in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Schizophrenia is thought to affect 1 percent of the global population, and treatment options are limited because of a po
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The neurodevelomental disease Rett syndrome is usually caused by mutations in a gene called MECP2, which is located on t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
With powerful tools that sequence the genes that are being expressed in individual cells, scientists have gained new ins
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used an organoid model to gain new insights into Huntington's disease, a fatal genetic disorder that cau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2024
Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus that causes the illness - SARS-CoV-2 - has had a practically infinit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Proteomics tools allow researchers and clinicians to assess the proteins that are in a sample, such as human blood. A ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
While some genes have been linked to specific disorders, it may not always be clear how changes in those genes can lead
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system, and peripheral nerves extend through the body, sending inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that the delusions and hallucinations that psychosis patients experience result from the malf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects an estimated 18 million people around the world, and not everyone gets relief from ant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, there was a marked increase in neurological complications such as febrile seizu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
In motor neuron disease, the nerve cells that control muscle movement degenerate and die. One form of MND is Amyotrophic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch