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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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MAY 01, 2016Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a microbiome in the reproductive tract of male mice that harbors potentially harmful bacteria ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 30, 2016Technology
It was around this time last year when Ocumetrics came up with a new lens design that could give any human being superhu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, surgeons perform roughly 100,000 reconstruction procedures on torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs). This k ...APR 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 21, 2016Health & Medicine
Current heart muscle engineering technology requires more than a million stem cells per tissue, making mass production o ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 19, 2016Technology
NASA has long expressed interest in its development of futuristic X Planes, which would be better for the environment, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 12, 2016Chemistry & Physics
How do people, not just professional baseball players, throw stuff a such high speeds? Humans in general are the ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 10, 2016Cancer
An online intervention that asks women to reflect on their motivations for indoor tanning may make them more likely to s ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 06, 2016Immunology
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and collaborating institutions have described the first-ever immatur ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)APR 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Better learn to embrace your fat cells, because scientists have found unprecedented, awesome new uses for these cells. U ...APR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Moving away from the design of massive pharmaceutical plants, MIT researchers developed a small, transportable machine t ...APR 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Early in March 2016, Hopkins doctors transplanted organs from a deceased donor into two recipients. But what made this o ...MAR 31, 2016Neuroscience
Autism is a disorder that is at the forefront of neuroscience research, because of the large numbers of children that ar ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2016Immunology
Compounds derived from omega-3 fatty acids—like those found in salmon or sardines—might be the key to helpin ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 10, 2016Cardiology
Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 10, 2016Cardiology
Women cardiologists often earn less than men—even when taking into account the different types of work they do&mda ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 08, 2016Neuroscience
It’s a noisy world out there. Whether it’s the sound of traffic, a crowded office with phones ringing and pr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
Some parts of the world are in for a rare treat this week. On March 8th, or March 9th local time, locations surro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2016Technology
Australia is about to get high-tech and serious when dealing with search and rescue missions related to shark attacks of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a breakthrough first, scientists in China reported to have turned mouse stem cells into functional sperm-like cells, ...FEB 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA has wanted to design some higher-tech airplanes for commercial use for years, although budget constraints have limi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2016Neuroscience
Almost every week there is another item in the news about head injuries in major league sports, most prominently t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 15, 2016Health & Medicine
Take twice a day, once in the morning and once before bed. Take with food. Do not exceed recommended dosage. Take one or ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have obtained approval to become the nation’s first hospital to p ...
MAY 01, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a microbiome in the reproductive tract of male mice that harbors potentially harmful bacteria
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 30, 2016
Technology
It was around this time last year when Ocumetrics came up with a new lens design that could give any human being superhu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, surgeons perform roughly 100,000 reconstruction procedures on torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs). This k
...
APR 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
Current heart muscle engineering technology requires more than a million stem cells per tissue, making mass production o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 19, 2016
Technology
NASA has long expressed interest in its development of futuristic X Planes, which would be better for the environment, a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 12, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
How do people, not just professional baseball players, throw stuff a such high speeds? Humans in general are the
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 10, 2016
Cancer
An online intervention that asks women to reflect on their motivations for indoor tanning may make them more likely to s
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 06, 2016
Immunology
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and collaborating institutions have described the first-ever immatur
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
APR 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Better learn to embrace your fat cells, because scientists have found unprecedented, awesome new uses for these cells. U
...
APR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Moving away from the design of massive pharmaceutical plants, MIT researchers developed a small, transportable machine t
...
APR 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Early in March 2016, Hopkins doctors transplanted organs from a deceased donor into two recipients. But what made this o
...
MAR 31, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism is a disorder that is at the forefront of neuroscience research, because of the large numbers of children that ar
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2016
Immunology
Compounds derived from omega-3 fatty acids—like those found in salmon or sardines—might be the key to helpin
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 10, 2016
Cardiology
Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2016
Cardiology
Women cardiologists often earn less than men—even when taking into account the different types of work they do&mda
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 08, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s a noisy world out there. Whether it’s the sound of traffic, a crowded office with phones ringing and pr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Some parts of the world are in for a rare treat this week. On March 8th, or March 9th local time, locations surro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2016
Technology
Australia is about to get high-tech and serious when dealing with search and rescue missions related to shark attacks of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a breakthrough first, scientists in China reported to have turned mouse stem cells into functional sperm-like cells,
...
FEB 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA has wanted to design some higher-tech airplanes for commercial use for years, although budget constraints have limi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2016
Neuroscience
Almost every week there is another item in the news about head injuries in major league sports, most prominently t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
Take twice a day, once in the morning and once before bed. Take with food. Do not exceed recommended dosage. Take one or
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have obtained approval to become the nation’s first hospital to p
...