How HIV Transports its Genetic Material into the Cell Nucleus Every year, around one million people worldwide become infected with the HIV virus, which causes AIDS. To replicate and spread the infection, the virus must…
Hygiene Hypothesis – in Medicine The Hygiene Hypothesis postulates that a later-life increased vulnerability to autoimmune disorders and allergic diseases may result from a lack of early childhood exposure to…
Veterinary Medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Veterinarians are professionals…
Forensic Pathology Forensic pathology is a branch of pathology that examines corpses to determine the cause of death. It focuses on determining the cause of death through…
Clinical Pathology Clinical pathology is a branch of medicine that involves the laboratory analysis of bodily fluids, tissues, and cells in order to diagnose and monitor disease.…
Surgical Pathology – a medical specialty Surgical pathology is a medical specialty that involves the examination of tissues removed from living patients during surgery to aid in the diagnosis and progression…
Cytopathology – a branch of pathology Cytopathology is a branch of pathology that studies diseases at the cellular level. It entails the examination of individual cells, which are frequently collected using…
Neuropsychiatry – a branch of medicine Neuropsychiatry is a medical discipline that focuses on the examination, diagnosis, and treatment of people who have complex and frequently overlapping mental and neurological diseases.…
Why do Pills Have Such a Bad and Bitter Taste? If you take a pill (of the legal sort, of course), you’ll most certainly get a horrible, bitter taste in your mouth. As insignificant as…
For the Majority of Advanced Malignancies, Combination Immunotherapy Offers No Additional Benefits, According to a Meta-Analysis According to a recent Northwestern Medicine meta-analysis published in JAMA Oncology, nivolumab plus ipilimumab immunotherapy treatment was not associated with an improvement in survival for…
An Experimental Investigation Suggests Therapy to Treat Memory Loss Brought on by Conditions Associated With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome For the first time in mice, a research team from the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) and the Hospital…
Glioblastoma Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Immunosuppression are Connected Through a Gene According to a recent study published in Nature Immunology, researchers from Northwestern Medicine have discovered the gene that links glioblastoma stem cell self-renewal to microglia…