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Preventive Medicine
Preventive Medicine actively focuses on the prevention and addressing underlying mechanisms rather than direct disease treatment. Modern research and medicine provides deeper insights into disease mechanisms, opens diagnostic windows for viewing health and disease for the individual and generates metrics for assessing wellness.
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JUL 06, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have now identified two combinations of small molecules that tamp down a protein called STING.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2018Cardiology
A new way to prevent heart attack from turning into heart failure relies on heart cells made from human embryonic stem c ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 05, 2018Health & Medicine
Cases of Hepatitis C, known as Hep C or HCV, are on the rise. In the United States, the CDC reports that there were appr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 04, 2018Technology
The Backrest of This Wheelchair Serves as a Steering WheelWritten By: Julia TraversJUL 04, 2018Microbiology
Our GI tract pays host to trillions of microbes, which have been shown to play a highly influential role in our health a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2018Health & Medicine
While there have been great strides in the fight against HIV infection and AIDS, the problem is not going away anytime s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 04, 2018Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no well-understood cause. Experts know that tangles of tau protein that develop ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 03, 2018Microbiology
Zika virus might still be impacting pregnancies.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2018Immunology
There’s a new therapeutic approach to boosting the weakened immune system that develops naturally with age, but it ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 30, 2018Immunology
A specific subset of immune cells could be targeted to better treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A new University o ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 29, 2018Cardiology
A specific drug is the best to prescribe to people with both an irregular heartbeat and kidney failure. This population ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A drug derived from marijuana has been the first to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatme ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 25, 2018Videos
Scientists and clinicians want to use what we know about the human genome to prevent and treat disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2018Microbiology
The bacteria that live in our gut release compounds that might act as biomarkers, and may be a part of disease developme ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2018Immunology
There’s a new food allergy in town, and it seems that children with existing allergies at an increased risk of dev ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 22, 2018Microbiology
The human body can make a compound with a special power to fight viruses - an enzyme called viperin.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2018Videos
Stem cells were harvested from a mother and successfully transplanted into her growing fetus.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2018Health & Medicine
Bariatric surgery, where the stomach is reduced or partially bypassed has come into favor in the last ten years due to b ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 21, 2018Immunology
Why do cases of cancer become more common as we get older? Scientists interested in explaining the so-called “Silv ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 20, 2018Immunology
Several immune cells help fungi infect the brain and cause meningitis when they should be doing the exact opposite. From ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 19, 2018Microbiology
Antibiotics had a dramatic impact on the microbes of the GI tract in a research model.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2018Cardiology
Autopsies aren’t as common as they used to be, but scientists may have a reason for a comeback. A new series of st ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 18, 2018Genetics & Genomics
When the balance between two enzymes was restored, it relieved symptoms of Alzheimer's in an animal model.Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have now identified two combinations of small molecules that tamp down a protein called STING.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2018
Cardiology
A new way to prevent heart attack from turning into heart failure relies on heart cells made from human embryonic stem c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 05, 2018
Health & Medicine
Cases of Hepatitis C, known as Hep C or HCV, are on the rise. In the United States, the CDC reports that there were appr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 04, 2018
Technology
The Backrest of This Wheelchair Serves as a Steering Wheel
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUL 04, 2018
Microbiology
Our GI tract pays host to trillions of microbes, which have been shown to play a highly influential role in our health a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2018
Health & Medicine
While there have been great strides in the fight against HIV infection and AIDS, the problem is not going away anytime s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 04, 2018
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no well-understood cause. Experts know that tangles of tau protein that develop
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 03, 2018
Microbiology
Zika virus might still be impacting pregnancies.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2018
Immunology
There’s a new therapeutic approach to boosting the weakened immune system that develops naturally with age, but it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2018
Immunology
A specific subset of immune cells could be targeted to better treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A new University o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 29, 2018
Cardiology
A specific drug is the best to prescribe to people with both an irregular heartbeat and kidney failure. This population
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A drug derived from marijuana has been the first to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatme
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 25, 2018
Videos
Scientists and clinicians want to use what we know about the human genome to prevent and treat disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2018
Microbiology
The bacteria that live in our gut release compounds that might act as biomarkers, and may be a part of disease developme
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2018
Immunology
There’s a new food allergy in town, and it seems that children with existing allergies at an increased risk of dev
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 22, 2018
Microbiology
The human body can make a compound with a special power to fight viruses - an enzyme called viperin.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2018
Videos
Stem cells were harvested from a mother and successfully transplanted into her growing fetus.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2018
Health & Medicine
Bariatric surgery, where the stomach is reduced or partially bypassed has come into favor in the last ten years due to b
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 21, 2018
Immunology
Why do cases of cancer become more common as we get older? Scientists interested in explaining the so-called “Silv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 20, 2018
Immunology
Several immune cells help fungi infect the brain and cause meningitis when they should be doing the exact opposite. From
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 19, 2018
Microbiology
Antibiotics had a dramatic impact on the microbes of the GI tract in a research model.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2018
Cardiology
Autopsies aren’t as common as they used to be, but scientists may have a reason for a comeback. A new series of st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 18, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
When the balance between two enzymes was restored, it relieved symptoms of Alzheimer's in an animal model.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch