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Biomonitoring
Biomonitoring is the process of measuring environmental chemicals in the human body (tissue and fluids) such as urine and blood. It is the measurement of chemical compounds or their metabolites in biological specimens.
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MAY 28, 2024Microbiology
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking H5N1, an avian influenza that has wreaked havoc on b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
There is a new, non-invasive way to monitor blood flow in the brain. Scientists have created a soft, stretchable patch t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2024Earth & The Environment
Pesticides are frequently used in agriculture, and the term can refer to herbicides, which target weeds; insecticides th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
The Celero VM Pill is held by Ali Rezai, MD, in this image from WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience InstituteWritten By: Carmen LeitchMAR 28, 2023Microbiology
It's estimated that over 80 billion animals are slaughtered every year for their meat, and the average American consumes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
We spend a lot of time indoors, and indoor air quality can have a significant impact on our health. Indoor pollutants ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is a powerful tool for identifying the compounds in a sample; ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Casana, a healthcare company based out of Rochester, New York, announced early this week that it has raised $3 ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizNOV 25, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Did you know that there are over 1700 species of cacti—spiny plants that have evolved to survive some of the harsh ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 16, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Forget uncomfortable chest straps or clunky wristbands—thanks to a new innovation in nanotechnology, your t-shirt ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 13, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
A wearable “scratch sensor” developed by researchers at Northwestern University could finally help doctors m ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 29, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The statistics are a real eye-opener: in the United States, one person dies every 36 seconds from cardiovascular disease ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 30, 2020Cancer
While few people actually enjoy reading product labels and ingredients, a new study from Silent Spring Institute suggest ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 01, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Neuroscientists have developed devices that, when implanted under the scalp of individuals living with epilepsy, can mon ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 25, 2020Technology
What exactly is eDNA? It is environmental DNA that has underwent the next-generation sequencing and that has been &lsquo ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 18, 2019Cardiology
Wearable health monitors are gaining in popularity, both for fitness tracking and for gathering more targeted health dat ...Written By: Julia TraversSEP 15, 2019Earth & The Environment
In 2017, Scot Martin, the Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at the, envisioned a novel dro ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 27, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Research shows how a bacterial pathogen that is resistant to antibiotics could potentially gain the ability to produce a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2018Earth & The Environment
Everyone loves a good Caribbean getaway, especially with the cold-streak that some of us up North are having. But how mu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 05, 2017Videos
A superfund site is an area where toxic waste is disposed. You may not be surprised to learn that these sites can pose a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
In order to determine pollution levels in roadside soils where mostly diesel vehicles are driven, scientists from the Un ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
As I learned during an ecology lab in college, biodiversity assessment is currently the most effective and accepted meth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 16, 2014Health & Medicine
Firefighters and rescue workers who conducted the rescue and cleanup operations at Ground Zero from September 2001 to Ma ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAY 28, 2024
Microbiology
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking H5N1, an avian influenza that has wreaked havoc on b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
There is a new, non-invasive way to monitor blood flow in the brain. Scientists have created a soft, stretchable patch t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Pesticides are frequently used in agriculture, and the term can refer to herbicides, which target weeds; insecticides th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
The Celero VM Pill is held by Ali Rezai, MD, in this image from WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2023
Microbiology
It's estimated that over 80 billion animals are slaughtered every year for their meat, and the average American consumes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
We spend a lot of time indoors, and indoor air quality can have a significant impact on our health. Indoor pollutants ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is a powerful tool for identifying the compounds in a sample;
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Casana, a healthcare company based out of Rochester, New York, announced early this week that it has raised $3
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
NOV 25, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Did you know that there are over 1700 species of cacti—spiny plants that have evolved to survive some of the harsh
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 16, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Forget uncomfortable chest straps or clunky wristbands—thanks to a new innovation in nanotechnology, your t-shirt
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 13, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
A wearable “scratch sensor” developed by researchers at Northwestern University could finally help doctors m
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 29, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The statistics are a real eye-opener: in the United States, one person dies every 36 seconds from cardiovascular disease
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 30, 2020
Cancer
While few people actually enjoy reading product labels and ingredients, a new study from Silent Spring Institute suggest
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 01, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Neuroscientists have developed devices that, when implanted under the scalp of individuals living with epilepsy, can mon
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 25, 2020
Technology
What exactly is eDNA? It is environmental DNA that has underwent the next-generation sequencing and that has been &lsquo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 18, 2019
Cardiology
Wearable health monitors are gaining in popularity, both for fitness tracking and for gathering more targeted health dat
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
SEP 15, 2019
Earth & The Environment
In 2017, Scot Martin, the Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at the, envisioned a novel dro
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 27, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Research shows how a bacterial pathogen that is resistant to antibiotics could potentially gain the ability to produce a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Everyone loves a good Caribbean getaway, especially with the cold-streak that some of us up North are having. But how mu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 05, 2017
Videos
A superfund site is an area where toxic waste is disposed. You may not be surprised to learn that these sites can pose a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In order to determine pollution levels in roadside soils where mostly diesel vehicles are driven, scientists from the Un
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
As I learned during an ecology lab in college, biodiversity assessment is currently the most effective and accepted meth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 16, 2014
Health & Medicine
Firefighters and rescue workers who conducted the rescue and cleanup operations at Ground Zero from September 2001 to Ma
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider