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Systems Biology
Systems Biology: Systems biology is the computational and mathematical modeling of complex biological systems. It is a biology-based interdisciplinary field of study that focuses on complex interactions within biological systems, using a holistic approach to biological research.
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DEC 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic information from genes on DNA is first transcribed into RNA before being made into proteins, the major building ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2016Microbiology
The Human Genome Project to sequence our genome was fully completed by 2003, and it soon became clear that the next hurd ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature, researchers have created a way to move molecules between cells; they refer to this new technology a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2016Microbiology
Protists are predators of bacteria, and they help shape soil communities by munching on bacteria (sorry, bacteria). &nbs ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Combat Obesity by Turning White Fat into Brown FatWritten By: Jennifer EllisDEC 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing tool set off a revolution in biomedicine. Natural features of bacterial immunity were uti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2016Immunology
The immune system is responsible for training immune cells like T lymphocytes, dendritic cells, and B lymphocytes to do ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 02, 2016Immunology
People suffering from head and neck cancer can be treated through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, but a typical pr ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Could a long used diabetes drug be repurposed for cancer treatment? Researchers at Rice University have found a potentia ...Written By: Jennifer EllisNOV 30, 2016Immunology
For rhesus monkeys (and probably humans, too), popularity counts. A new study from Duke University shows that social sta ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2016Cardiology
One of the last existing populations of hunter-gatherers on Earth provide the rawest example of how vital exercise is fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
An organism is dependent on the replenishment and maintenance of cellular proteins in order to survive. One family of pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2016Immunology
Hepatitis C virus protects itself from the immune system by blocking signals that trigger a response in liver cells. Sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a disorder of the nervous system; the nerve cells t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Cardiology
As if a heart attack weren’t traumatic enough, the tissue injury that follows can cause irreparable damage to hear ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 23, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 23, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a vacc ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 22, 2016Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 20, 2016Immunology
Two body systems thought to be functionally separate have been found to be connected through gut bacteria. From Oregon S ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 18, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria can communicate information about population density to one another through a phenomenon called quorum sensing, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 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 14, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Developmental Cell by researchers at Johns Hopkins University has demonstrated that a protein known ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – November 14, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) re ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic information from genes on DNA is first transcribed into RNA before being made into proteins, the major building
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2016
Microbiology
The Human Genome Project to sequence our genome was fully completed by 2003, and it soon became clear that the next hurd
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature, researchers have created a way to move molecules between cells; they refer to this new technology a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2016
Microbiology
Protists are predators of bacteria, and they help shape soil communities by munching on bacteria (sorry, bacteria). &nbs
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Combat Obesity by Turning White Fat into Brown Fat
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing tool set off a revolution in biomedicine. Natural features of bacterial immunity were uti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2016
Immunology
The immune system is responsible for training immune cells like T lymphocytes, dendritic cells, and B lymphocytes to do
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 02, 2016
Immunology
People suffering from head and neck cancer can be treated through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, but a typical pr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Could a long used diabetes drug be repurposed for cancer treatment? Researchers at Rice University have found a potentia
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 30, 2016
Immunology
For rhesus monkeys (and probably humans, too), popularity counts. A new study from Duke University shows that social sta
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2016
Cardiology
One of the last existing populations of hunter-gatherers on Earth provide the rawest example of how vital exercise is fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
An organism is dependent on the replenishment and maintenance of cellular proteins in order to survive. One family of pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2016
Immunology
Hepatitis C virus protects itself from the immune system by blocking signals that trigger a response in liver cells. Sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a disorder of the nervous system; the nerve cells t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Cardiology
As if a heart attack weren’t traumatic enough, the tissue injury that follows can cause irreparable damage to hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 23, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 23, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a vacc
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 22, 2016
Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 20, 2016
Immunology
Two body systems thought to be functionally separate have been found to be connected through gut bacteria. From Oregon S
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 18, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria can communicate information about population density to one another through a phenomenon called quorum sensing,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 14, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Developmental Cell by researchers at Johns Hopkins University has demonstrated that a protein known
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – November 14, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) re
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)