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Oxygen: is the chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic table, a highly reactive nonmetal, and an oxidizing agent that readily forms oxides with most elements as well as with other compounds.
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An effective treatment for Type 1 diabetes is to transplant new pancreatic islet cells into the patient. While this ther ...DEC 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
It took 100 million years for oxygen levels in the oceans and atmosphere to increase to the level that allowed the explo ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 28, 2015Neuroscience
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Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 30, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
An effective treatment for Type 1 diabetes is to transplant new pancreatic islet cells into the patient. While this ther
...
DEC 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
It took 100 million years for oxygen levels in the oceans and atmosphere to increase to the level that allowed the explo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 28, 2015
Neuroscience
There is an old saying that goes, “When you know better, you do better.” It’s true. When there is an a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 26, 2015
Cardiology
Growth of heart tissue is beneficial when the human body is young and growing. Heart expansion that occurs once the hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 24, 2015
Neuroscience
At this time of year, the Christmas spirit is supposed to be all around us. In our homes with family and friends or even
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 23, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Following a recent spacewalk mission that was intended to fix the ‘mobile transporter’ system aboard the Int
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It was just this week that the European Space Agency (ESA) sent British astronaut Tim Peake to the International Space S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 16, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Our society is fascinated by youth and aging. But while some people are on a quest for the “magic” youth cre
...
DEC 11, 2015
Cardiology
Normally macrophages are called to a site of damage due to an infection or penetration of the skin, but scientists have
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 10, 2015
Cardiology
Using non-invasive Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) scientists have found a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 10, 2015
Cardiology
The left internal thoracic artery is “associated with improved survival, graft patency, and freedom from cardiac e
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2015
Videos
A space suit is an astronaut's last line of defense in space. When something goes wrong, and seals don't work on the Int
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 03, 2015
Cardiology
A large amount of energy is required for cardiomyocytes, muscle cells of the heart, to perform all of the vital function
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 03, 2015
Cardiology
Blood clots that form in the arteries, called arterial thrombosis, are the main cause of heart attacks and strokes. In o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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 28, 2015
Cardiology
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a common condition that follows cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding). In these cases the hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2015
Cardiology
There are 530,000 cardiac arrests in America every year, putting patients at risk for permanent brain damage and death.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 24, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste
...
NOV 22, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Waterloo think cyanobacteria contributed to the “Great Oxidation Event” (GO
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 21, 2015
Videos
Typically, space equipment goes through a lot of vigorous testing before it's allowed to go up into space for official u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 19, 2015
Health & Medicine
Obese women have a higher risk of complications during pregnancy, such as preeclampsia, hypertension, and postpartum wei
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
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 17, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In addition to ward off scurvy, is vitamin C also able to kill off cancer cells? That’s the latest claim from the
...
NOV 17, 2015
Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)