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Precision Medicine
Precision Medicine: medical care designed to optimize efficiency or therapeutic benefit for particular groups of patients, especially by using genetic or molecular profiling.
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NOV 20, 2019Genetics & Genomics
There are vast portions of the genome that don't code for protein, but researchers are learning more about how important ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2019Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect humans, some, called bacteriophages or phages, infect bacteria. Image credit: Wikimedia Common ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine have developed a new way to determine what our genes ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 01, 2019Chemistry & Physics
In a recent study, a group of biomedical researchers at Michigan State University developed a new platform for tweaking ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 30, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first, researchers have produced detailed images of a molecule in the skin as it senses various temperatures.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
A molecular biomarker is discovered that improves diagnosing lung cancer and specializing treatment.Written By: Carly BoydOCT 15, 2019Technology
Engineers have designed a hydrogel-coated magnetic steerable thread-like robot capable of gliding through narrow pathway ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 14, 2019Genetics & Genomics
It usually takes two seizures before a person can be diagnosed with epilepsy. New work can help change that.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Finding the gene defect that resulted in an inherited disease used to be a long, painstaking process.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2019Cancer
Thyroid cancer diagnoses have risen in the last thirty years from 6 per 100,000 to more than 14 per 100,000. That’ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 10, 2019Genetics & Genomics
A huge amount of our genome does not code for protein, but it can impact physiology in other ways.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
A more accurate version of Cas9 has been created, reducing the number of off-target effects. It may be better suited for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2019Genetics & Genomics
A breast cancer drug is better at treating advanced prostate cancer in some men than current therapies, a clinical trial ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2019Cancer
We have known for some time now that tomatoes are beneficial for our health. The carotenoid called lycopene in tomatoes ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 13, 2019Neuroscience
For decades, a groundbreaking brain study fueled opinions about whether we have free will over our actions. The conclusi ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergSEP 13, 2019Cancer
New research recently published in the journal Science Translational Medicine surprises the oncological community with f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 12, 2019Cancer
A young child just months old recently successfully received cancer treatment for an uncommon type of leukemia. The drug ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Major depressive disorder is a serious public health problem, thought to affect around seven percent of American adults ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have mapped out more than 100,000 immune cells from biopsy samples of patients with Crohn's disease. The ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 02, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The events that occur during early mammalian development have tone carefully orchestrated, and timed perfectly.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Changes in the genes we carry can have a big impact on our risk of getting certain diseases.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2019Microbiology
The human body carries a large community of microbes, and the ones living in our gastrointestinal tract exert a powerful ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2019Cancer
Did you know that dogs get lung cancer? New research published recently in the journal Clinical Cancer Research shows ho ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 12, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Powerful genetic sequencing technologies are helping researchers learn more about how changes or errors in genes are lin ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
There are vast portions of the genome that don't code for protein, but researchers are learning more about how important
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2019
Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect humans, some, called bacteriophages or phages, infect bacteria. Image credit: Wikimedia Common
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine have developed a new way to determine what our genes
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 01, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent study, a group of biomedical researchers at Michigan State University developed a new platform for tweaking
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 30, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first, researchers have produced detailed images of a molecule in the skin as it senses various temperatures.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
A molecular biomarker is discovered that improves diagnosing lung cancer and specializing treatment.
Written By:
Carly Boyd
OCT 15, 2019
Technology
Engineers have designed a hydrogel-coated magnetic steerable thread-like robot capable of gliding through narrow pathway
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
It usually takes two seizures before a person can be diagnosed with epilepsy. New work can help change that.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Finding the gene defect that resulted in an inherited disease used to be a long, painstaking process.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2019
Cancer
Thyroid cancer diagnoses have risen in the last thirty years from 6 per 100,000 to more than 14 per 100,000. That’
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A huge amount of our genome does not code for protein, but it can impact physiology in other ways.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A more accurate version of Cas9 has been created, reducing the number of off-target effects. It may be better suited for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A breast cancer drug is better at treating advanced prostate cancer in some men than current therapies, a clinical trial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2019
Cancer
We have known for some time now that tomatoes are beneficial for our health. The carotenoid called lycopene in tomatoes
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 13, 2019
Neuroscience
For decades, a groundbreaking brain study fueled opinions about whether we have free will over our actions. The conclusi
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
SEP 13, 2019
Cancer
New research recently published in the journal Science Translational Medicine surprises the oncological community with f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 12, 2019
Cancer
A young child just months old recently successfully received cancer treatment for an uncommon type of leukemia. The drug
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Major depressive disorder is a serious public health problem, thought to affect around seven percent of American adults
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have mapped out more than 100,000 immune cells from biopsy samples of patients with Crohn's disease. The
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 02, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The events that occur during early mammalian development have tone carefully orchestrated, and timed perfectly.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Changes in the genes we carry can have a big impact on our risk of getting certain diseases.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2019
Microbiology
The human body carries a large community of microbes, and the ones living in our gastrointestinal tract exert a powerful
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2019
Cancer
Did you know that dogs get lung cancer? New research published recently in the journal Clinical Cancer Research shows ho
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 12, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Powerful genetic sequencing technologies are helping researchers learn more about how changes or errors in genes are lin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch