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Post-Mortem Autopsy: is a surgical process that dwells of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause and manner of death or to gauge any disease or injury that may be present for research or educational purposes.
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JUL 02, 2024Genetics & Genomics
It's extremely difficult to study the inner workings of the human brain, and researchers who seek to do so usually rely ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The increase of the length of some small portions of DNA, or microsatellite repeat expansions, has been linked to a numb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 30, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have sought to learn what types of cells SARS-CoV-2 infects. For m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2022Genetics & Genomics
ADHD is one of the most common mental health conditions, and it is estimated to impact 5 - 8% of boys, according to the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2022Neuroscience
If a body is going to function correctly, the cells need to be in the right place. Scientists have learned a lot about h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2022Immunology
The immune system must be able to swing into action to overcome pathogenic invaders. But the inflammation that accompani ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
We now know that COVID-19 can cause a range of symptoms. Some of these problems are taking months to clear up in patient ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell Metabolism, an international team of researchers has suggested that COVID-19 has caused diabetes in so ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Depression is thought to affect at least 264 million people of all ages worldwide, and the available treatment options d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2020Microbiology
It was thought that the first death in the US from SARS-CoV-2 happened in Washington State in late February, but autopsi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2018Neuroscience
It's well-known that concussions, whether incurred in sports or from an accident or military service (blast wave inj ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Reports of the “first marijuana overdose death” made a huge splash in the headlines last week. But as sensat ...OCT 03, 2017Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) the brain disorder that experts agree is a result of repeated blows to the head t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
If there was a blood test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, would you take it? For some researchers, the qu ...JUL 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists may have found a way to screen for Alzheimer’s disease years before patients develop severe signs of ne ...MAY 30, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
An accurate diagnosis is not just for the living. Everyday, pathologists perform autopsies on dead bodies to discover th ...MAY 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease is expected to triple to 15-16 million in the next few dec ...MAR 10, 2017Plants & Animals
Nearing the end of February, a beloved hippopotamus from the National Zoo of El Salvador who went by the name of Gustavi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 22, 2017Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disorder that results in dementia and is caused by repeated ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 12, 2016Neuroscience
Brain banks might sound creepy, conjuring up visions of brains floating in jars and other odd equipment lying around, bu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 27, 2016Neuroscience
Synapses are the connections between neurons that allow them to communicate with each other. When synapses become compro ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAR 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As researchers are still working on a cure for Alzheimer’s, early diagnosis remains a critical step in treatment a ...MAR 07, 2016Neuroscience
The problem with many neurodegenerative diseases is that they are difficult to diagnose and observe when the patient is ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 02, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
It's extremely difficult to study the inner workings of the human brain, and researchers who seek to do so usually rely
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The increase of the length of some small portions of DNA, or microsatellite repeat expansions, has been linked to a numb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have sought to learn what types of cells SARS-CoV-2 infects. For m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
ADHD is one of the most common mental health conditions, and it is estimated to impact 5 - 8% of boys, according to the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2022
Neuroscience
If a body is going to function correctly, the cells need to be in the right place. Scientists have learned a lot about h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2022
Immunology
The immune system must be able to swing into action to overcome pathogenic invaders. But the inflammation that accompani
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
We now know that COVID-19 can cause a range of symptoms. Some of these problems are taking months to clear up in patient
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell Metabolism, an international team of researchers has suggested that COVID-19 has caused diabetes in so
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Depression is thought to affect at least 264 million people of all ages worldwide, and the available treatment options d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2020
Microbiology
It was thought that the first death in the US from SARS-CoV-2 happened in Washington State in late February, but autopsi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2018
Neuroscience
It's well-known that concussions, whether incurred in sports or from an accident or military service (blast wave inj
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Reports of the “first marijuana overdose death” made a huge splash in the headlines last week. But as sensat
...
OCT 03, 2017
Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) the brain disorder that experts agree is a result of repeated blows to the head t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
If there was a blood test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, would you take it? For some researchers, the qu
...
JUL 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists may have found a way to screen for Alzheimer’s disease years before patients develop severe signs of ne
...
MAY 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
An accurate diagnosis is not just for the living. Everyday, pathologists perform autopsies on dead bodies to discover th
...
MAY 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease is expected to triple to 15-16 million in the next few dec
...
MAR 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
Nearing the end of February, a beloved hippopotamus from the National Zoo of El Salvador who went by the name of Gustavi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 22, 2017
Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disorder that results in dementia and is caused by repeated
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Brain banks might sound creepy, conjuring up visions of brains floating in jars and other odd equipment lying around, bu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 27, 2016
Neuroscience
Synapses are the connections between neurons that allow them to communicate with each other. When synapses become compro
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAR 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As researchers are still working on a cure for Alzheimer’s, early diagnosis remains a critical step in treatment a
...
MAR 07, 2016
Neuroscience
The problem with many neurodegenerative diseases is that they are difficult to diagnose and observe when the patient is
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim