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Therapeutics
Therapeutics: In medicine, the branch that deals specifically with the treatment of disease and the art and science of healing. Exercise, diet, and mental factors are therefore integral to the prevention, as well as the management, of disease processes. More specific measures that are employed to treat specific symptoms include the use of drugs to relieve pain or treat infection, surgery to remove diseased tissue or replace poorly functioning or nonfunctioning organs with fully operating ones, and counseling or psychotherapy to relieve emotional distress.
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JUL 28, 2017Cancer
Broccoli, the polarizing cruciferous vegetable, is back in the headlines again. This time, researchers were inspired by ...JUL 27, 2017Cancer
Brain cancer is on higher on the discussion list this week after news broke of Senator John McCain’s recent gliobl ...JUL 26, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Finding new drugs can be challenging, but researchers are using a methodical approach to identify good candidates.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Peptide and protein drugs like insulin are critical medications. Most of them cannot be taken orally because they will b ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis is a deadly bacterial infection that is among the top ten causes of death in the world, according to the Wo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2017Microbiology
Men's best friend comes through for us in times of crisis, even when they are not feeling their best because of travel s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2017Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi ...JUL 21, 2017Videos
Get a basic overview of stem cells, and how they are created for research, from this video by the Gladstone Institute. S ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2017Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 18, 2017Microbiology
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) affects millions of people worldwide and could become the third leading cau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2017Cancer
For a long time, scientists noticed that tumors secrete factors that suggest there were viruses present inside the tumor ...JUL 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
CRISPR-Cas9 is a gene editing tool has tremendous potential, and researchers are working to improve it.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2017Microbiology
Yogurt is more than an excellent source of protein, calcium, and gut-healthy probiotic bacteria. A protein isolated from ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioJUL 11, 2017Health & Medicine
Three-quarters of all breast cancer tumors are driven by the hormone estrogen. These tumors are frequently treated with ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 10, 2017Immunology
A malaria drug, called hydroxycholorquine, prevents Zika virus - even when a mother is already infected - from crossing ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 10, 2017Cardiology
A new treatment option for cancer, a Plk1 inhibitor called volasertib, is especially promising for leukemia patients. Un ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
This new data on a rare disease could help diagnose the disorder in new patients, and has led researchers to test new tr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 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 02, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The Orphan Drug Act has tried to spur development of therapeutics for diseases affecting less than 200,000 people.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2017Cardiology
Opioid use may provide relief for older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), but the cons seem to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 28, 2017Cardiology
The community of cells that make up the heart muscle tissues have a response to the stress the wears down the hea ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 28, 2017Immunology
A new treatment for chronic asthma could help people who don’t respond to the standard corticosteroids, who ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 22, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned that our immune system plays an important role in stopping cells with an incorrect number of ch ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
90 percent of cancer deaths result from metastasis; this work may unlock the mystery of how to stop it.Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2017
Cancer
Broccoli, the polarizing cruciferous vegetable, is back in the headlines again. This time, researchers were inspired by
...
JUL 27, 2017
Cancer
Brain cancer is on higher on the discussion list this week after news broke of Senator John McCain’s recent gliobl
...
JUL 26, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Finding new drugs can be challenging, but researchers are using a methodical approach to identify good candidates.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Peptide and protein drugs like insulin are critical medications. Most of them cannot be taken orally because they will b
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis is a deadly bacterial infection that is among the top ten causes of death in the world, according to the Wo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2017
Microbiology
Men's best friend comes through for us in times of crisis, even when they are not feeling their best because of travel s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2017
Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi
...
JUL 21, 2017
Videos
Get a basic overview of stem cells, and how they are created for research, from this video by the Gladstone Institute. S
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2017
Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 18, 2017
Microbiology
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) affects millions of people worldwide and could become the third leading cau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2017
Cancer
For a long time, scientists noticed that tumors secrete factors that suggest there were viruses present inside the tumor
...
JUL 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
CRISPR-Cas9 is a gene editing tool has tremendous potential, and researchers are working to improve it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2017
Microbiology
Yogurt is more than an excellent source of protein, calcium, and gut-healthy probiotic bacteria. A protein isolated from
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
JUL 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
Three-quarters of all breast cancer tumors are driven by the hormone estrogen. These tumors are frequently treated with
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 10, 2017
Immunology
A malaria drug, called hydroxycholorquine, prevents Zika virus - even when a mother is already infected - from crossing
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 10, 2017
Cardiology
A new treatment option for cancer, a Plk1 inhibitor called volasertib, is especially promising for leukemia patients. Un
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
This new data on a rare disease could help diagnose the disorder in new patients, and has led researchers to test new tr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 02, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Orphan Drug Act has tried to spur development of therapeutics for diseases affecting less than 200,000 people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2017
Cardiology
Opioid use may provide relief for older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), but the cons seem to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2017
Cardiology
The community of cells that make up the heart muscle tissues have a response to the stress the wears down the hea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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 22, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned that our immune system plays an important role in stopping cells with an incorrect number of ch
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
90 percent of cancer deaths result from metastasis; this work may unlock the mystery of how to stop it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch