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Skin
Skin: is the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal. The skin is the largest organ of the body, with a total area of about 20 square feet. The skin protects us from microbes and the elements, helps regulate body temperature, and permits the sensations of touch, heat, and cold.
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AUG 23, 2017Videos
Most people are fortunate only to get the occasional blackhead or whitehead, but there are all kinds of pimples out ther ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 23, 2017Videos
Warts are unsightly and sometimes even painful. We typically associate warts with disease and contagion, a belief perpet ...AUG 21, 2017Cardiology
A heart attack wounds the heart similar to the way a deep cut wounds the skin: it leaves a scar. However, a scar on the ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 21, 2017Immunology
We often think of antibodies and vaccines when we talk about viral infection, but there’s another part of the immu ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 20, 2017Videos
No one like pimples, but they're a common occurrence in people of all ages; they can appear on almost any part of your b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In a new twist on the old adage, 'you are what you eat,' researchers have found a connection between snacking at night a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells may be a new therapeutic avenue for baldness or alopecia, in which hair is lost because of aging, chemotherap ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Blood is the king in the world of Point of Care Testing. But the process of drawing blood is invasive, and it represents ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Cures are extremely rare in medicine, so news that scientists are attempting a functional cure for type 1 diabetes has g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2017Videos
Popular movies, like Jaws, have notoriously given sharks a bad rap for being dangerous to humans. Because of the horror ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 11, 2017Plants & Animals
From time to time, wild animals can turn abnormal colors. Albinism or leucism are leading causes of this phenomenon, but ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2017Videos
When you need to clean your hands, there are two common choices people flock to: hand sanitizer and hand soap. Both are ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 09, 2017Microbiology
Trying to get bacteria out of a kitchen sponge is apparently harder than we thought.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2017Videos
The 2017 Koch Institute Image Awards from MIT have been announced; this video describes the work of one of the winning i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Investigations into why people across 16 states have gotten sick with salmonella poisoning yielded the culprit: contamin ...AUG 07, 2017Cancer
Prostate cancer screening remains an effective way to detect for the presence of the cancer in men. And this study ...AUG 04, 2017Videos
Bleach is a highly potent agent used in cleaning, and while most people are smart enough to abide by the warning labels ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 03, 2017Cardiology
Using in vitro fertilization (IVF), scientists are introducing genetic editing machinery into egg and sperm cells to pre ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 03, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A man hoping surgery would leave him better endowed than before tragically died from complications related to the proced ...AUG 02, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have made a breakthrough by successfully repairing a deleterious genetic mutation in a human embryo that cau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2017Videos
Who doesn't like summer? Not only do you get to feel the rays of the Sun kiss your skin at the beach and take off the he ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 01, 2017Microbiology
Microbes live in symbiosis with animals, and those microbial communities can have a big impact on the health of their ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2017Videos
Given that hair is such a big part of our identity, it's no wonder that people all over the world are reluctant to lose ...AUG 01, 2017Cancer
Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, seems to be an opportunistic striker. Earlier this year, scientists co ...
AUG 23, 2017
Videos
Most people are fortunate only to get the occasional blackhead or whitehead, but there are all kinds of pimples out ther
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 23, 2017
Videos
Warts are unsightly and sometimes even painful. We typically associate warts with disease and contagion, a belief perpet
...
AUG 21, 2017
Cardiology
A heart attack wounds the heart similar to the way a deep cut wounds the skin: it leaves a scar. However, a scar on the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 21, 2017
Immunology
We often think of antibodies and vaccines when we talk about viral infection, but there’s another part of the immu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 20, 2017
Videos
No one like pimples, but they're a common occurrence in people of all ages; they can appear on almost any part of your b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a new twist on the old adage, 'you are what you eat,' researchers have found a connection between snacking at night a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells may be a new therapeutic avenue for baldness or alopecia, in which hair is lost because of aging, chemotherap
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Blood is the king in the world of Point of Care Testing. But the process of drawing blood is invasive, and it represents
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cures are extremely rare in medicine, so news that scientists are attempting a functional cure for type 1 diabetes has g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2017
Videos
Popular movies, like Jaws, have notoriously given sharks a bad rap for being dangerous to humans. Because of the horror
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2017
Plants & Animals
From time to time, wild animals can turn abnormal colors. Albinism or leucism are leading causes of this phenomenon, but
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2017
Videos
When you need to clean your hands, there are two common choices people flock to: hand sanitizer and hand soap. Both are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 09, 2017
Microbiology
Trying to get bacteria out of a kitchen sponge is apparently harder than we thought.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2017
Videos
The 2017 Koch Institute Image Awards from MIT have been announced; this video describes the work of one of the winning i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Investigations into why people across 16 states have gotten sick with salmonella poisoning yielded the culprit: contamin
...
AUG 07, 2017
Cancer
Prostate cancer screening remains an effective way to detect for the presence of the cancer in men. And this study
...
AUG 04, 2017
Videos
Bleach is a highly potent agent used in cleaning, and while most people are smart enough to abide by the warning labels
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2017
Cardiology
Using in vitro fertilization (IVF), scientists are introducing genetic editing machinery into egg and sperm cells to pre
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 03, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A man hoping surgery would leave him better endowed than before tragically died from complications related to the proced
...
AUG 02, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have made a breakthrough by successfully repairing a deleterious genetic mutation in a human embryo that cau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2017
Videos
Who doesn't like summer? Not only do you get to feel the rays of the Sun kiss your skin at the beach and take off the he
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 01, 2017
Microbiology
Microbes live in symbiosis with animals, and those microbial communities can have a big impact on the health of their ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2017
Videos
Given that hair is such a big part of our identity, it's no wonder that people all over the world are reluctant to lose
...
AUG 01, 2017
Cancer
Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, seems to be an opportunistic striker. Earlier this year, scientists co
...