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T cell or T lymphocyte is a type of blood cell distinguished by its T cell receptor on the cell surface and plays a key role in the immune response.
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JUL 07, 2017Videos
Liquid biopsies, that is the process of looking for cancer biomarkers in blood, are part of the ongoing research into de ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 06, 2017Microbiology
I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news - there’s a new species of bacteria that ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 06, 2017Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects about 1 million people in the United States. It’s a progressive disease, of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 05, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about a crucial cellular process, autophagy.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2017Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 03, 2017Immunology
The immune system recruits many different types of cells that specialize in ridding the body of pathogens like bacteria ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Basic science has led researchers to important conclusions about menopause; the work may help bring relief to the many w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2017Cardiology
Two small proteins, elastin and collagen, make up a dynamic duo that promote a sturdy foundation of tensile strength and ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 30, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
It's estimated that by 2025, around 1.1 billion of the women in the world will be diagnosed with menopause - a natur ...JUN 30, 2017Microbiology
Just call them archaea (ar-kee-uh) - archaebacteria are no more. Archaea used to be classified as bacteria, but these pr ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 29, 2017Cancer
Most cancers kill by invading distant parts of the body where treatment is more difficult to reach. But cancer’s a ...JUN 28, 2017Immunology
A new treatment for chronic asthma could help people who don’t respond to the standard corticosteroids, who ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2017Immunology
How do T cells become so “exhausted” that they can no longer effectively fight cancer, viruses, bacteria, an ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2017Microbiology
There is still a lot about viruses that we don't know, and researchers have now taken a major step forward.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2017Microbiology
What determines how big or small bacteria are? New research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that fat makes ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Chimpanzees seem to have a reputation for being super strong when compared to humans of the same size, and now a study i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 26, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers invented a new machine that can rapidly and precisely slice cells, to generate enough for use in experiments ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2017Videos
Epigenetics refers to the study of the changes in organisms caused by modifications of gene expressions, instead of chan ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 25, 2017Plants & Animals
It’s common knowledge that cold climate can be detrimental to plants, but what isn’t so commonly known are t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 24, 2017Cancer
Our immune system has an extraordinary capacity to fight pathogens and protect the body. Indeed, some immune cells can f ...JUN 24, 2017Microbiology
Biofilms are often dangerous and they can grow inside the human body on medical devices.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New research is challenging a long-held assumption in molecular biology, and it may also help explain some confounding d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2017Immunology
Creating a successful vaccine for HIV has so far been unsuccessful, but now scientists are zeroing in on two important f ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 22, 2017Microbiology
Tooth decay doesn’t just affect adults, it also affects toddlers - a condition called early-childhood caries. Rese ...Written By: Kerry Evans
JUL 07, 2017
Videos
Liquid biopsies, that is the process of looking for cancer biomarkers in blood, are part of the ongoing research into de
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 06, 2017
Microbiology
I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news - there’s a new species of bacteria that
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 06, 2017
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects about 1 million people in the United States. It’s a progressive disease, of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 05, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about a crucial cellular process, autophagy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2017
Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 03, 2017
Immunology
The immune system recruits many different types of cells that specialize in ridding the body of pathogens like bacteria
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Basic science has led researchers to important conclusions about menopause; the work may help bring relief to the many w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2017
Cardiology
Two small proteins, elastin and collagen, make up a dynamic duo that promote a sturdy foundation of tensile strength and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
It's estimated that by 2025, around 1.1 billion of the women in the world will be diagnosed with menopause - a natur
...
JUN 30, 2017
Microbiology
Just call them archaea (ar-kee-uh) - archaebacteria are no more. Archaea used to be classified as bacteria, but these pr
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 29, 2017
Cancer
Most cancers kill by invading distant parts of the body where treatment is more difficult to reach. But cancer’s a
...
JUN 28, 2017
Immunology
A new treatment for chronic asthma could help people who don’t respond to the standard corticosteroids, who
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2017
Immunology
How do T cells become so “exhausted” that they can no longer effectively fight cancer, viruses, bacteria, an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2017
Microbiology
There is still a lot about viruses that we don't know, and researchers have now taken a major step forward.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2017
Microbiology
What determines how big or small bacteria are? New research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that fat makes
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Chimpanzees seem to have a reputation for being super strong when compared to humans of the same size, and now a study i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 26, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers invented a new machine that can rapidly and precisely slice cells, to generate enough for use in experiments
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2017
Videos
Epigenetics refers to the study of the changes in organisms caused by modifications of gene expressions, instead of chan
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
It’s common knowledge that cold climate can be detrimental to plants, but what isn’t so commonly known are t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 24, 2017
Cancer
Our immune system has an extraordinary capacity to fight pathogens and protect the body. Indeed, some immune cells can f
...
JUN 24, 2017
Microbiology
Biofilms are often dangerous and they can grow inside the human body on medical devices.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research is challenging a long-held assumption in molecular biology, and it may also help explain some confounding d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2017
Immunology
Creating a successful vaccine for HIV has so far been unsuccessful, but now scientists are zeroing in on two important f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 22, 2017
Microbiology
Tooth decay doesn’t just affect adults, it also affects toddlers - a condition called early-childhood caries. Rese
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans