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Brain Cancer
Brain Cancer: Cancer of the central information processing center of the body. Tumors in the brain can be malignant or benign, and can occur at any age. Only malignant tumors are cancerous. Primary brain tumors cancer initially forms in the brain tissue.
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NOV 24, 2015Immunology
A large number of people diagnosed with depression experience an inability to feel pleasure, and antidepressants don' ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
What happens when a nanoscience polymer expert, a biomedical engineer, and a couple of surgeons get together? Possibly a ...NOV 21, 2015Videos
The humble pigeon, commonly referenced as a public nuisance or a pea-brained "rat with wings," may have earned its most ...NOV 19, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have known for a while that taking low daily doses of aspirin decreases the odds of a person having a heart a ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 19, 2015Videos
While the conventional wisdom is that drugs are bad for you, there is a growing amount of information that marijuana isn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 16, 2015Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB, is essentially the gatekeeper of the brain. Certain substances can pass through it, but ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 09, 2015Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 22, 2015Videos
The average height of a fully-grown male in the United States is 5' 9.5", which means anyone around that height figure i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 22, 2015Neuroscience
While any surgery that aims to remove cancerous tumors is risky, there is an increased amount of risk and caution when i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 29, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A scientific team including the scientist who first harnessed the CRISPR-Cas9 system for mammalian genome editing has re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 28, 2015Cancer
Scientists from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) have discovered that combining antidepressants with ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 27, 2015Neuroscience
Amyloids, fibrous protein clumps often associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, form characteristic p ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 24, 2015Neuroscience
While it is well known that smoking can cause lung cancer, heart disease and strokes, along with a myriad of other cardi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 18, 2015Cancer
Women successfully treated for breast cancer know that it could return. New research published in the journal Clinical E ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2015Neuroscience
Contrary to previous thinking, Alzheimer’s disease consists of three distinct subtypes, according to a UCLA study. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2015Cancer
Is there a connection between being overweight and developing a certain kind of brain tumor? Is there yet another reason ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 16, 2015Cancer
University of Manchester scientists have identified a gene, FOXC1, that, if turned on, can cause more aggressive cancer ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 26, 2015Cancer
Cancer researchers, always looking for more effective and less toxic approaches to stopping the disease, recently launch ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 21, 2015Cancer
The University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have been “checking what’s in the bank – the Brisbane Br ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 30, 2015Technology
It would seem as though the U.S. is behind in terms of technology. The U.S. sources just about everything from China whe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 22, 2015Neuroscience
Treating an aggressive brain tumor may have come one step closer to reality recently as a company developing a novel the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 29, 2015Cancer
While cancer research often focuses on genetic mutations that cause different cancers, a new study published in the jour ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 14, 2015Cancer
Oligodendroglioma, which can be an especially aggressive form of brain cancer, may be caused by a genetic mutation. Scie ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
NOV 24, 2015
Immunology
A large number of people diagnosed with depression experience an inability to feel pleasure, and antidepressants don'
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
What happens when a nanoscience polymer expert, a biomedical engineer, and a couple of surgeons get together? Possibly a
...
NOV 21, 2015
Videos
The humble pigeon, commonly referenced as a public nuisance or a pea-brained "rat with wings," may have earned its most
...
NOV 19, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have known for a while that taking low daily doses of aspirin decreases the odds of a person having a heart a
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 19, 2015
Videos
While the conventional wisdom is that drugs are bad for you, there is a growing amount of information that marijuana isn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 16, 2015
Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB, is essentially the gatekeeper of the brain. Certain substances can pass through it, but
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2015
Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 22, 2015
Videos
The average height of a fully-grown male in the United States is 5' 9.5", which means anyone around that height figure i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2015
Neuroscience
While any surgery that aims to remove cancerous tumors is risky, there is an increased amount of risk and caution when i
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 29, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A scientific team including the scientist who first harnessed the CRISPR-Cas9 system for mammalian genome editing has re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 28, 2015
Cancer
Scientists from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) have discovered that combining antidepressants with
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Amyloids, fibrous protein clumps often associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, form characteristic p
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 24, 2015
Neuroscience
While it is well known that smoking can cause lung cancer, heart disease and strokes, along with a myriad of other cardi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 18, 2015
Cancer
Women successfully treated for breast cancer know that it could return. New research published in the journal Clinical E
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Contrary to previous thinking, Alzheimer’s disease consists of three distinct subtypes, according to a UCLA study.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2015
Cancer
Is there a connection between being overweight and developing a certain kind of brain tumor? Is there yet another reason
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 16, 2015
Cancer
University of Manchester scientists have identified a gene, FOXC1, that, if turned on, can cause more aggressive cancer
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 26, 2015
Cancer
Cancer researchers, always looking for more effective and less toxic approaches to stopping the disease, recently launch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 21, 2015
Cancer
The University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have been “checking what’s in the bank – the Brisbane Br
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 30, 2015
Technology
It would seem as though the U.S. is behind in terms of technology. The U.S. sources just about everything from China whe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Treating an aggressive brain tumor may have come one step closer to reality recently as a company developing a novel the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 29, 2015
Cancer
While cancer research often focuses on genetic mutations that cause different cancers, a new study published in the jour
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 14, 2015
Cancer
Oligodendroglioma, which can be an especially aggressive form of brain cancer, may be caused by a genetic mutation. Scie
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider