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T-Cells: A type of white blood cell that plays an important role in the immune system. They are produced by the thymus gland and help the body fight off viruses, bacteria, and parasites.
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JUL 21, 2017Health & Medicine
What happens to heart cells in the seconds and minutes following a heart attack? Without oxygen, heart cells slowly beco ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 20, 2017Plants & Animals
The northern white rhino is quickly hurtling towards extinction. For many years. animal poachers plinked them off one-by ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 19, 2017Immunology
Forest Bathing: How a Quick, Leisurely Visit to the Forest Can Reduce Stress and Boost the Immune System A Japanese conc ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 19, 2017Microbiology
As if getting Ebola isn’t bad enough, some survivors continue to harbor the virus in their eyes. Researchers at Fl ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 18, 2017Immunology
Zebrafish have something incredible to offer us: their ability to regenerate tissue. Past studies have also explored the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 18, 2017Cancer
Statins are often prescribed to help lower cholesterol levels, especially for patients at high risk for coronary heart d ...JUL 17, 2017Cancer
Scientists are putting a target on cancer’s back, and immune cells are being trained to track down and kill that t ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Science sometimes happens by accident. And happily, sometimes these accidents have the potential to radically transform ...JUL 17, 2017Cancer
For a long time, scientists noticed that tumors secrete factors that suggest there were viruses present inside the tumor ...JUL 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is used frequently in food packaging, and it has gotten into our bodies. New research could help repla ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2017Immunology
Chronic skin disorders are often grouped and studied together although on a molecular level, they are very different. Fr ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 15, 2017Videos
One of the biggest nightmares of owning a cell phone is keeping the battery charged. This challenge only seems to get ha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 14, 2017Videos
Salmonella is a dangerous bacteria that is often food borne and can kill you. It also seems to have anti-cancer abilitie ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first for the US, a committee of experts appointed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an experi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people often joke that they don’t need to actually eat the food to gain the weight – that just sniffing ...JUL 13, 2017Microbiology
Researchers are trying a new approach to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria - nanoparticles.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2017Cancer
According to a new international study, men and women have different immune responses to bipolar disorder. The findings ...JUL 12, 2017Microbiology
The gut microbiome seems to always make the news, but what about the eye microbiome? Did you even know there was such a ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 12, 2017Cardiology
Age and fat have an unfortunate synergistic effect on inflammation that makes the blood vessel path from lungs to heart ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 11, 2017Health & Medicine
Even in remission, cancer looms. Former cancer patients and their doctors are always on alert for metastatic tumors. Now ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 11, 2017Health & Medicine
Despite intense resear ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 11, 2017Neuroscience
When you’re dead you’re dead, game over, right? Not entirely, at least not according to an American c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A natural compound Salk Institute scientists have been studying has been shown to reduce the mental deficits and inflamm ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2017
Health & Medicine
What happens to heart cells in the seconds and minutes following a heart attack? Without oxygen, heart cells slowly beco
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
The northern white rhino is quickly hurtling towards extinction. For many years. animal poachers plinked them off one-by
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 19, 2017
Immunology
Forest Bathing: How a Quick, Leisurely Visit to the Forest Can Reduce Stress and Boost the Immune System A Japanese conc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2017
Microbiology
As if getting Ebola isn’t bad enough, some survivors continue to harbor the virus in their eyes. Researchers at Fl
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 18, 2017
Immunology
Zebrafish have something incredible to offer us: their ability to regenerate tissue. Past studies have also explored the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 18, 2017
Cancer
Statins are often prescribed to help lower cholesterol levels, especially for patients at high risk for coronary heart d
...
JUL 17, 2017
Cancer
Scientists are putting a target on cancer’s back, and immune cells are being trained to track down and kill that t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Science sometimes happens by accident. And happily, sometimes these accidents have the potential to radically transform
...
JUL 17, 2017
Cancer
For a long time, scientists noticed that tumors secrete factors that suggest there were viruses present inside the tumor
...
JUL 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is used frequently in food packaging, and it has gotten into our bodies. New research could help repla
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2017
Immunology
Chronic skin disorders are often grouped and studied together although on a molecular level, they are very different. Fr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 15, 2017
Videos
One of the biggest nightmares of owning a cell phone is keeping the battery charged. This challenge only seems to get ha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2017
Videos
Salmonella is a dangerous bacteria that is often food borne and can kill you. It also seems to have anti-cancer abilitie
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first for the US, a committee of experts appointed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an experi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people often joke that they don’t need to actually eat the food to gain the weight – that just sniffing
...
JUL 13, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers are trying a new approach to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria - nanoparticles.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2017
Cancer
According to a new international study, men and women have different immune responses to bipolar disorder. The findings
...
JUL 12, 2017
Microbiology
The gut microbiome seems to always make the news, but what about the eye microbiome? Did you even know there was such a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 12, 2017
Cardiology
Age and fat have an unfortunate synergistic effect on inflammation that makes the blood vessel path from lungs to heart
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
Even in remission, cancer looms. Former cancer patients and their doctors are always on alert for metastatic tumors. Now
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
Despite intense resear
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 11, 2017
Neuroscience
When you’re dead you’re dead, game over, right? Not entirely, at least not according to an American c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A natural compound Salk Institute scientists have been studying has been shown to reduce the mental deficits and inflamm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch