Crucial support to study rare diseases: hemostasis and thrombosis
Disorders of hemostasis and thrombosis are serious blood conditions leading to excessive bleeding or clotting, respectively. Although our understanding of
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Research
What does your baby’s smile mean to you?
Children don’t come with an instruction manual, but thankfully for them, we are hardwired to respond to infants. During the
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David vs Goliath: how a small molecule can defeat asthma attacks
An invisible particle enters your lungs. The next thing you know breathing becomes difficult. You are having an asthma attack.
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Unprecedented initiative will sequence genomes of all known species
In what is perhaps the most ambitious biological proposal since the initial Human Genome Project, an international group of researchers,
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Image of the Month: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes after a blood meal
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is one of the most dangerous animals on the planet. It can transmit Zika virus,
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Searching for supplements that prevent folic acid-resistant neural tube defects
Folic acid supplementation is considered one of the most significant public health breakthroughs in recent years. By providing mandatory folic
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Eliminating p63 gene could convert scar tissue into heart muscle
After a heart attack, the parts of the heart muscle that die do not regenerate into new heart tissue; instead,
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The McNair Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Xaq Pitkow
From the Labs sat down with McNair Scholar Dr. Xaq Pitkow to learn more not only about his research but
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Fruit flies: ‘living test tubes’ to rapidly screen potential disease-causing human genes
It all began with one young patient; a 7-year old boy who was born without a thymus, an important organ
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This is what the Warburg pathway can do for breast cancer growth
To generate energy from glucose, cells can use one of two pathways. One of them takes place in the mitochondria,
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