The world is watching South Korea as the latest outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) unfolds. But how exactly the virus jumps to humans in the first place is still unknown, and clues to ...
Read More »A simple blood test
An ELISA test is one that determines the number of antibodies in the blood. This is a blood test that is commonly done in order to see if there is an infectious disease in the ...
Read More »This Woman Used To Weigh Over 1000 Pounds, But What She Looks Like Now
Mayra Rosales had been bedridden for years and totally dependent on her family to care for all of her needs. She weighed 1,028 pounds. The 35-year-old, from La Joya, Texas, was one of the heaviest ...
Read More »What Happens to our Body When we Look at our Cell Phone Before Going to Sleep?
Dan Siegel, professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine studied how using a cell phone just before sleeping affects our brain and body. Dr. Siegel believes that when we look at our cell ...
Read More »Scientists ‘delete’ HIV virus from human DNA for the first time
For the first time, researchers in Philadelphia have found a way to completely delete the HIV virus (pictured) from human cells by ‘snipping’ them out. The process could also provide a cure for other latent ...
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