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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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AUG 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Obese women are at higher risk for breast cancer; new work has investigated why that is.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2017Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2017Microbiology
Evidently, we’ve entered the next generation of probiotics. From what I gather, next-generation probiotics are rat ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 08, 2017Cardiology
When the heart grows larger, it can be for one of two reasons. One reason is a result of heart failure, where heart cell ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 07, 2017Immunology
Cancer can't hide from the immune system anymore - scientists are on the verge of identifying every single gene muta ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 07, 2017Cancer
Prostate cancer screening remains an effective way to detect for the presence of the cancer in men. And this study ...AUG 05, 2017Videos
Over 50 million people have some type of nasal allergy. They can be caused by a huge variety of allergens, from dust mit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2017Microbiology
There are several kinds of hepatitis, and while types A, B, and C get attention, hepatitis E (HEV) is becoming more prev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
People that suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome might feel some relief just knowing that biomarkers have now been assoc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2017Microbiology
As more is learned about the microbes of the gastrointestinal tract, the more it's confirmed that they have a powerful i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2017Immunology
An intricate relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the part of the brain that senses smell contribute ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2017Videos
Some facts are taken for granted. In the case of genetics, we take for granted the knowledge that humans have 23 pairs o ...AUG 03, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A man hoping surgery would leave him better endowed than before tragically died from complications related to the proced ...AUG 01, 2017Immunology
Scientists have known for a while that HIV hides in the body, undetected by the immune system and unaffected by antiretr ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 01, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks don’t have to bite you to be dangerous. A Japanese woman recently passed away from a tick-born ...JUL 31, 2017Cardiology
Most other current research on progeria, a rare and fatal genetic aging condition, revolves around genetics, but John P. ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 31, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found a way to highlight tumor tissue so it can be more effectively identified and removed.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2017Immunology
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition usually associated with the nervous system, appears to have a connection to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 30, 2017Videos
Some bad news for the men out there: a new study has found that both the sperm count and concentration in men around the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a massive effort to sequence the genomes of thousands of plants, part of a bigger effort to gather more genomic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Next time you decide to continually push through the pain during your workouts, think twice. A man was recently hospital ...JUL 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have identified a link between poor outcomes in colorectal cancer cases, and a type of bacteria called Fusoba ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2017Health & Medicine
Individuals with type 1 diabetes are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than other other condition. But diab ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 28, 2017Cancer
Broccoli, the polarizing cruciferous vegetable, is back in the headlines again. This time, researchers were inspired by ...
AUG 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Obese women are at higher risk for breast cancer; new work has investigated why that is.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2017
Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2017
Microbiology
Evidently, we’ve entered the next generation of probiotics. From what I gather, next-generation probiotics are rat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 08, 2017
Cardiology
When the heart grows larger, it can be for one of two reasons. One reason is a result of heart failure, where heart cell
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 07, 2017
Immunology
Cancer can't hide from the immune system anymore - scientists are on the verge of identifying every single gene muta
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 07, 2017
Cancer
Prostate cancer screening remains an effective way to detect for the presence of the cancer in men. And this study
...
AUG 05, 2017
Videos
Over 50 million people have some type of nasal allergy. They can be caused by a huge variety of allergens, from dust mit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2017
Microbiology
There are several kinds of hepatitis, and while types A, B, and C get attention, hepatitis E (HEV) is becoming more prev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
People that suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome might feel some relief just knowing that biomarkers have now been assoc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2017
Microbiology
As more is learned about the microbes of the gastrointestinal tract, the more it's confirmed that they have a powerful i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2017
Immunology
An intricate relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the part of the brain that senses smell contribute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2017
Videos
Some facts are taken for granted. In the case of genetics, we take for granted the knowledge that humans have 23 pairs o
...
AUG 03, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A man hoping surgery would leave him better endowed than before tragically died from complications related to the proced
...
AUG 01, 2017
Immunology
Scientists have known for a while that HIV hides in the body, undetected by the immune system and unaffected by antiretr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 01, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks don’t have to bite you to be dangerous. A Japanese woman recently passed away from a tick-born
...
JUL 31, 2017
Cardiology
Most other current research on progeria, a rare and fatal genetic aging condition, revolves around genetics, but John P.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 31, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found a way to highlight tumor tissue so it can be more effectively identified and removed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2017
Immunology
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition usually associated with the nervous system, appears to have a connection to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 30, 2017
Videos
Some bad news for the men out there: a new study has found that both the sperm count and concentration in men around the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a massive effort to sequence the genomes of thousands of plants, part of a bigger effort to gather more genomic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Next time you decide to continually push through the pain during your workouts, think twice. A man was recently hospital
...
JUL 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have identified a link between poor outcomes in colorectal cancer cases, and a type of bacteria called Fusoba
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
Individuals with type 1 diabetes are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than other other condition. But diab
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2017
Cancer
Broccoli, the polarizing cruciferous vegetable, is back in the headlines again. This time, researchers were inspired by
...