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Pain: is felt when special nerves that detect tissue damage send signals to transmit data about the damage along the spinal cord to the brain. These nerves are known as nociceptors. Pain can be chronic or acute and take a variety of forms and severities.
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NOV 24, 2016Videos
Each year ovarian cancer claims the lives of over 14,000 women. Annually, 22,000 women will be diagnosed with the diseas ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 23, 2016Immunology
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When astronauts go into space for long periods of time to study on the International Space Station, mankind learns a lot ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 14, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – November 14, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) re ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 14, 2016Neuroscience
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The CRISPR/Cas9 genome technique has paved the way for the development of many biological advances not only in research, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2016Videos
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Despite public awareness on breast cancer, researchers say women may still be misinformed about the signs and symptoms o ...NOV 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The amount of poison ivy in our environment is on the rise, due in part to increased carbon dioxide levels. It is estima ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2016Neuroscience
The brain is a marvelous organ that can do some pretty amazing things. Just running the body and processing all the inpu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
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Botox, the famous muscle-paralyzing cosmetic treatment for wrinkles, is also an approved treatment for chronic migraine ...NOV 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Although snakes are limbless creatures with limited mobility, they have evolved to produce highly toxic venoms that can ...NOV 02, 2016Neuroscience
While the technology of prosthetic limbs is advancing every day, there are still some things an artificial limb cannot d ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 01, 2016Videos
We've probably all experienced that inexplicable tingling sensation after hitting our elbow the wrong way. Wise folks wi ...NOV 01, 2016Cancer
To treat invading tumors in the body, doctors often recommend radiation therapy – a procedure that zaps the tumor ...OCT 31, 2016Cardiology
Needle pricks instead of popping pills? Maybe. A new study from the University of California, Irvine’s Susan Samue ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The male birth control shot is effective, researchers say. But, there’s a big caveat to this claim – researc ...OCT 27, 2016Cancer
Could stool samples reveal a person’s colorectal cancer risks? Researchers studying the molecular makeup of colon ...
NOV 24, 2016
Videos
Each year ovarian cancer claims the lives of over 14,000 women. Annually, 22,000 women will be diagnosed with the diseas
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 23, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 23, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a vacc
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 21, 2016
Videos
Falling in love can cause your body to feel like it's on a permanent high. But what about when that high comes crashing
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In 2014 and 2015, the Ebola outbreak ravaged West Africa, killed over 11,000 people, and caused a huge international hea
...
NOV 15, 2016
Cancer
Bacteria have all but hogged the limelight in our recent understanding of microbiomes and how these ecosystems influence
...
NOV 14, 2016
Immunology
Interferon drugs have long been used as treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease where damaged nerv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
When astronauts go into space for long periods of time to study on the International Space Station, mankind learns a lot
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 14, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – November 14, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) re
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 14, 2016
Neuroscience
The spinal cord is the pathway between the brain and the rest of the body. Much like a super highway, messages for muscl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
For the most part, any snake bite is a cause for worry because many people simply don’t know what they’re de
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 12, 2016
Videos
The CRISPR/Cas9 genome technique has paved the way for the development of many biological advances not only in research,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2016
Videos
Paper cuts, we've all had it before and we all can attest to how annoyingly painful these wounds can be. But have you ev
...
NOV 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Despite public awareness on breast cancer, researchers say women may still be misinformed about the signs and symptoms o
...
NOV 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The amount of poison ivy in our environment is on the rise, due in part to increased carbon dioxide levels. It is estima
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2016
Neuroscience
The brain is a marvelous organ that can do some pretty amazing things. Just running the body and processing all the inpu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a rare medical case, doctors determined that a man’s sudden onset of acute hepatitis – inflammation of th
...
NOV 03, 2016
Videos
Botox, the famous muscle-paralyzing cosmetic treatment for wrinkles, is also an approved treatment for chronic migraine
...
NOV 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Although snakes are limbless creatures with limited mobility, they have evolved to produce highly toxic venoms that can
...
NOV 02, 2016
Neuroscience
While the technology of prosthetic limbs is advancing every day, there are still some things an artificial limb cannot d
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 01, 2016
Videos
We've probably all experienced that inexplicable tingling sensation after hitting our elbow the wrong way. Wise folks wi
...
NOV 01, 2016
Cancer
To treat invading tumors in the body, doctors often recommend radiation therapy – a procedure that zaps the tumor
...
OCT 31, 2016
Cardiology
Needle pricks instead of popping pills? Maybe. A new study from the University of California, Irvine’s Susan Samue
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The male birth control shot is effective, researchers say. But, there’s a big caveat to this claim – researc
...
OCT 27, 2016
Cancer
Could stool samples reveal a person’s colorectal cancer risks? Researchers studying the molecular makeup of colon
...