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Spine: a series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen; the backbone.
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JAN 01, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Many people have back pain. As we age, the spongy, soft intervetebral disks that sit in between vertebrae and work as sh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2023Neuroscience
​​​​​​​​ Children born to mothers who consume less fiber during maternity are more likely to experience neurodevelopment ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 12, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Asp caterpillars are also known as Megalopyge opercularis; one is seen in this image from the University of Queensland, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2023Neuroscience
Researchers enabled a paralyzed man to walk again via an implantable, wireless brain-spine interface. The corresponding ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 27, 2022Health & Medicine
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that occurs when the cartilage within a joint begins to break down. This ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 24, 2022Microbiology
It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The human genome holds thousands of genes, and gene expression has to be carefully controlled in cells; the right gene m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread through the air when a person ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 06, 2022Earth & The Environment
114 years ago, the first and only nearly complete Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) skeleton was found in a cave in Fr ...Written By: Mandy WoodsJUL 25, 2022Technology
With little to no information in the archaeological record regarding tattoos, placing their origin has proven difficult. ...Written By: Mandy WoodsJUN 10, 2022Immunology
Schizophrenia is estimated to impact around 24 million people, which is about 1 in 300 people worldwide. This poorly und ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2021Microbiology
Anthrax conjures thoughts of bioterrorism, though it's a disease caused by a rare but naturally-occurring bacterium, Bac ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
What’s as small as a penny, as thin as a sheet of paper, and monitors how bones are healing? A new wireless &lsquo ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 29, 2021Health & Medicine
Your spine is made up of bones stabilized by multiple ligaments and muscles along its length. The spinal cord within the ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioNOV 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 FernandesOCT 21, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Fenofibrate, an FDA-approved drug used to reduce cholesterol levels, causes sensory neurons in the spine following spina ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 19, 2021Health & Medicine
As if women didn't have enough to juggle with careers, motherhood, and monthly hormonal changes, cue the tension hea ...Written By: Alexandria BassAUG 01, 2021Technology
Exoskeletons promise mobility and enhance strength, but a new study shows they can be debilitating for the brainJUN 28, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have built a minimally invasive, ultra-thin, inflatable spinal cord stimula ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 24, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
It seems like Australia is home to some of the world's deadliest animals, like taipan snakes and box jellyfish. Even the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The more we know about the genetic history of food crops, the more prepared we'll be to maintain their growth through en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The human genome contains the genes that make us who we are, because of how and when those genes are expressed. Gene exp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2021Plants & Animals
Fish may seem to just swim around without much thought or character. But new research reported in Ecology and Evolution ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2021Health & Medicine
With the average length of survival following diagnosis being only 16 months, a glioblastoma — malignant tumor aff ...Written By: Angela Dowden
JAN 01, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many people have back pain. As we age, the spongy, soft intervetebral disks that sit in between vertebrae and work as sh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2023
Neuroscience
​​​​​​​​ Children born to mothers who consume less fiber during maternity are more likely to experience neurodevelopment
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 12, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Asp caterpillars are also known as Megalopyge opercularis; one is seen in this image from the University of Queensland,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2023
Neuroscience
Researchers enabled a paralyzed man to walk again via an implantable, wireless brain-spine interface. The corresponding
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 27, 2022
Health & Medicine
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that occurs when the cartilage within a joint begins to break down. This
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 24, 2022
Microbiology
It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome holds thousands of genes, and gene expression has to be carefully controlled in cells; the right gene m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread through the air when a person
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 06, 2022
Earth & The Environment
114 years ago, the first and only nearly complete Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) skeleton was found in a cave in Fr
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
JUL 25, 2022
Technology
With little to no information in the archaeological record regarding tattoos, placing their origin has proven difficult.
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
JUN 10, 2022
Immunology
Schizophrenia is estimated to impact around 24 million people, which is about 1 in 300 people worldwide. This poorly und
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2021
Microbiology
Anthrax conjures thoughts of bioterrorism, though it's a disease caused by a rare but naturally-occurring bacterium, Bac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
What’s as small as a penny, as thin as a sheet of paper, and monitors how bones are healing? A new wireless &lsquo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 29, 2021
Health & Medicine
Your spine is made up of bones stabilized by multiple ligaments and muscles along its length. The spinal cord within the
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
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
OCT 21, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Fenofibrate, an FDA-approved drug used to reduce cholesterol levels, causes sensory neurons in the spine following spina
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 19, 2021
Health & Medicine
As if women didn't have enough to juggle with careers, motherhood, and monthly hormonal changes, cue the tension hea
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
AUG 01, 2021
Technology
Exoskeletons promise mobility and enhance strength, but a new study shows they can be debilitating for the brain
JUN 28, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have built a minimally invasive, ultra-thin, inflatable spinal cord stimula
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 24, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
It seems like Australia is home to some of the world's deadliest animals, like taipan snakes and box jellyfish. Even the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The more we know about the genetic history of food crops, the more prepared we'll be to maintain their growth through en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome contains the genes that make us who we are, because of how and when those genes are expressed. Gene exp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2021
Plants & Animals
Fish may seem to just swim around without much thought or character. But new research reported in Ecology and Evolution
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2021
Health & Medicine
With the average length of survival following diagnosis being only 16 months, a glioblastoma — malignant tumor aff
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden