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AUG 15, 2016Immunology
In a new study from Oxford University, scientists ask: How does the human immune system rate an attack and decide how st ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2016Genetics & Genomics
LA JOLLA, CA—August 15, 2015—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have taken a big step towar ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 15, 2016Cardiology
Image Credit: Anssi Koskinen/Flickr There’s currently no treatment for cardiac fibrosis, a leading cause of heart ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 14, 2016Immunology
Image Credit: Guilhem Vellut/Flickr The microenvironment that supports a cancerous tumor also starves the immune cells t ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 14, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are a kind of protein that are important in normal metabolic processes, and also the cellular ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Using powerful microscopy techniques, researchers have learned more about autophagy, a waste recycling process employed ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2016Neuroscience
Perhaps one of the best outcomes for pharmacologists is the discovery that common, pre-existing drugs could treat new co ...AUG 11, 2016Health & Medicine
Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 10, 2016Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the complex community of bacteria carried in the gastrointestinal tract, is increasingly linked to h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2016Cardiology
Cardiovascular problems are among the top causes of death in people with sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2016Plants & Animals
International scientists have identified a new species of snake in Costa Rica that appears to have flown under the radar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2016Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria can treat cancer? Well, in a roundabout way, at least. Since the 1970s, Mycobacterium bovis h ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 09, 2016Microbiology
It’s long been thought that at birth, infants have sterile airways free of bacteria. New work shows however, that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
Earth is the oddball in our Solar System because it supports life. There has, to date, not been any evidence of intellig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In the study of cell signaling, one well established paradigm is that receptors on the surface of cells receive input fr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2016Immunology
Whether chronic or acute, patients with inflammatory nerve disorders are often out of luck for a quick diagnosis or accu ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 08, 2016Technology
Robots are cool, and what’s even cooler than robots are cybernetic organisms. Although we’re not quite there ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In a blog post by Carrie Wolinetz, the Associate Director for Science Policy, the NIH has announced that it is consideri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When we need medicine, we hop down to the local drugstore or pharmacy and have our prescriptions filled. But what happen ...AUG 06, 2016Cancer
In an effort to nip lymphomas before it becomes lethal to patients, scientists at the University of Geneva have develope ...AUG 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
If we are to ever to use stem cells in therapeutics and regenerative medicine, there must be a complete understand ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A new sequencing technique that seeks to reveal important details about RNA has been developed by investigators at UCLA. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2016Immunology
Medical approaches for treating infections of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have come a long way in the past few de ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2016Microbiology
Hospital acquired infections are a serious public health concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CD ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2016
Immunology
In a new study from Oxford University, scientists ask: How does the human immune system rate an attack and decide how st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
LA JOLLA, CA—August 15, 2015—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have taken a big step towar
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 15, 2016
Cardiology
Image Credit: Anssi Koskinen/Flickr There’s currently no treatment for cardiac fibrosis, a leading cause of heart
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 14, 2016
Immunology
Image Credit: Guilhem Vellut/Flickr The microenvironment that supports a cancerous tumor also starves the immune cells t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 14, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are a kind of protein that are important in normal metabolic processes, and also the cellular
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Using powerful microscopy techniques, researchers have learned more about autophagy, a waste recycling process employed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2016
Neuroscience
Perhaps one of the best outcomes for pharmacologists is the discovery that common, pre-existing drugs could treat new co
...
AUG 11, 2016
Health & Medicine
Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 10, 2016
Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the complex community of bacteria carried in the gastrointestinal tract, is increasingly linked to h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2016
Cardiology
Cardiovascular problems are among the top causes of death in people with sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
International scientists have identified a new species of snake in Costa Rica that appears to have flown under the radar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2016
Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria can treat cancer? Well, in a roundabout way, at least. Since the 1970s, Mycobacterium bovis h
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 09, 2016
Microbiology
It’s long been thought that at birth, infants have sterile airways free of bacteria. New work shows however, that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Earth is the oddball in our Solar System because it supports life. There has, to date, not been any evidence of intellig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the study of cell signaling, one well established paradigm is that receptors on the surface of cells receive input fr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2016
Immunology
Whether chronic or acute, patients with inflammatory nerve disorders are often out of luck for a quick diagnosis or accu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 08, 2016
Technology
Robots are cool, and what’s even cooler than robots are cybernetic organisms. Although we’re not quite there
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a blog post by Carrie Wolinetz, the Associate Director for Science Policy, the NIH has announced that it is consideri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When we need medicine, we hop down to the local drugstore or pharmacy and have our prescriptions filled. But what happen
...
AUG 06, 2016
Cancer
In an effort to nip lymphomas before it becomes lethal to patients, scientists at the University of Geneva have develope
...
AUG 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
If we are to ever to use stem cells in therapeutics and regenerative medicine, there must be a complete understand
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new sequencing technique that seeks to reveal important details about RNA has been developed by investigators at UCLA.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2016
Immunology
Medical approaches for treating infections of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have come a long way in the past few de
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2016
Microbiology
Hospital acquired infections are a serious public health concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CD
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch