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Clinically, the term special needs is used to describe individuals who require additional assistance due to medical, physical, or psychological disabilities. Special needs can also refer to individuals with delayed functional development.
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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, 2016Space & Astronomy
In 2003, European Space Agency (ESA) scientists were overly excited about the landing of the Beagle 2 probe on the Marti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 15, 2016Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 04, 2016Microbiology
Electron microscopy is a powerful tool that produces images of things magnified up to ten million times, but the images ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) have learned more about how two common antibiotics, chlorampheni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2016Immunology
An important part of a T cell’s immune journey is learning tolerance, which in the world of immunology means the k ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Although snakes are limbless creatures with limited mobility, they have evolved to produce highly toxic venoms that can ...OCT 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Around the country, people who feel that telltale sign of sluggishness are opting for a quick fix at the clinic. The pro ...OCT 16, 2016Plants & Animals
A brain-damaged sea turtle named Antiopi has been given a modern CT scan in London after being in captivity at the Scarb ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 13, 2016Cardiology
While existing vascular stents, made of metal, come in different sizes to accommodate a variety of patients, a new techn ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 06, 2016Plants & Animals
In a recent study, horses from Norway have been trained to communicate with human beings on whether they’re hot or ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
Using the tried and true Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have reportedly found another exoplanet orbiting two stars ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
Although we can find exoplanets through means of the Kepler mission, and try out best to describe their qualities, such ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 23, 2016Cancer
Earlier this week, I reported that scientists discovered how some cancers apparently switched off their sweet tooth to b ...SEP 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a surprising new characteristic of one of Earth’s most unusual creatures, the water be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2016Microbiology
Iron is important to bacteria. Really important. It’s so important that bacteria secrete special molecules called ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 10, 2016Microbiology
A classic defense mechanism of bacteria is the type 6 secretion system, T6SS, is a sort of molecular spear gun. Research ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2016Cardiology
The proteins that make some species of deep sea jellyfish glow are helping scientists study human heart cells. While it& ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 01, 2016Immunology
Special viruses called bacteriophage infect bacteria, but they don’t always kill their target. In fact, a recent d ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 26, 2016Plants & Animals
Farmers from Canada now have a new self-defense mechanism against the geese that are trying to destroy their wheat and g ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2016Plants & Animals
For the first time in about 10 years, an Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni) was photographed in the wild in th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2016Neuroscience
The Olympics are over and while there were dozens of amazing moments for the millions that watched, some of what the ath ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 20, 2016Plants & Animals
A lot of birds spend a lot of time in the skies, and yet they still need to sleep. As a result, there has long been the ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
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
Space & Astronomy
In 2003, European Space Agency (ESA) scientists were overly excited about the landing of the Beagle 2 probe on the Marti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 15, 2016
Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 04, 2016
Microbiology
Electron microscopy is a powerful tool that produces images of things magnified up to ten million times, but the images
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) have learned more about how two common antibiotics, chlorampheni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2016
Immunology
An important part of a T cell’s immune journey is learning tolerance, which in the world of immunology means the k
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Although snakes are limbless creatures with limited mobility, they have evolved to produce highly toxic venoms that can
...
OCT 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Around the country, people who feel that telltale sign of sluggishness are opting for a quick fix at the clinic. The pro
...
OCT 16, 2016
Plants & Animals
A brain-damaged sea turtle named Antiopi has been given a modern CT scan in London after being in captivity at the Scarb
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 13, 2016
Cardiology
While existing vascular stents, made of metal, come in different sizes to accommodate a variety of patients, a new techn
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
In a recent study, horses from Norway have been trained to communicate with human beings on whether they’re hot or
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Using the tried and true Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have reportedly found another exoplanet orbiting two stars
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Although we can find exoplanets through means of the Kepler mission, and try out best to describe their qualities, such
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 23, 2016
Cancer
Earlier this week, I reported that scientists discovered how some cancers apparently switched off their sweet tooth to b
...
SEP 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a surprising new characteristic of one of Earth’s most unusual creatures, the water be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2016
Microbiology
Iron is important to bacteria. Really important. It’s so important that bacteria secrete special molecules called
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 10, 2016
Microbiology
A classic defense mechanism of bacteria is the type 6 secretion system, T6SS, is a sort of molecular spear gun. Research
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2016
Cardiology
The proteins that make some species of deep sea jellyfish glow are helping scientists study human heart cells. While it&
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 01, 2016
Immunology
Special viruses called bacteriophage infect bacteria, but they don’t always kill their target. In fact, a recent d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 26, 2016
Plants & Animals
Farmers from Canada now have a new self-defense mechanism against the geese that are trying to destroy their wheat and g
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
For the first time in about 10 years, an Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni) was photographed in the wild in th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2016
Neuroscience
The Olympics are over and while there were dozens of amazing moments for the millions that watched, some of what the ath
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
A lot of birds spend a lot of time in the skies, and yet they still need to sleep. As a result, there has long been the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard