The sheer complexity of neurons in the nervous system keeps them from fully recovering from…
Benjamin YangJanuary 10, 2016
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, is a difficult disease to treat;…
Benjamin YangDecember 23, 2015
Gene therapy is a method that alters cells' genetic code to prevent or treat disease. Doctors…
Benjamin YangDecember 19, 2015
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cells that break off from tumors and spread to other…
Benjamin YangDecember 16, 2015
Our brains shrink by around 5% every decade after the age of 40, causing memory impairment,…
Benjamin YangDecember 10, 2015
Also known as sonography, ultrasound scanning generates images of tissues using a probe that emits…
Benjamin YangDecember 7, 2015
Sepsis is a three-stage disease that affects more than a million people each year in the…
Benjamin YangNovember 23, 2015
Do you remember those tiny, tooth-sized blue figures in Listerine commercials that scrub and scrape…
Benjamin YangJuly 28, 2015
Head direction cells are one of several types of cells that help orient mammals in their surroundings.…
Benjamin YangJuly 11, 2015
Our eyes are complex structures that transform light into meaningful electrical signals that our brains interpret…
Benjamin YangApril 8, 2015
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics…
Benjamin YangMarch 28, 2015
A 15-minute paper test from the Corgenix Medical Corporation has recently been approved by the…
Benjamin YangMarch 27, 2015
A retinal prosthesis, developed at the Duke Eye Center in North Carolina, allowed Larry Hester…
Benjamin YangMarch 10, 2015
Medical implants often need to be installed in an operating room. Pacemakers and cochlear hearing aids,…
Benjamin YangMarch 10, 2015
The scanner being developed by entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg's startup company, Butterfly Network, doesn't actually use X-rays or…
Benjamin YangMarch 8, 2015
To better understand complex systems, researchers reproduce them in computational models, a safe and controlled environment. The model…
Benjamin YangMarch 2, 2015
Individuals with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can show difficulty communicating and engaging in social interactions. They…
Benjamin YangFebruary 26, 2015
Proteins are the body's workhorses. They provide for the structure, function, and regulation of the body's…
Benjamin YangFebruary 22, 2015
