Category: 5. Health

Enjoying the outdoors carries the danger of running into nature’s less-friendly side: toxic plants and animals.

As toxicologists at the University of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Poison Center, we see many patients each year suffering from…

Cancer dysregulates the complex structure of tissues and internal cellular pathways. As a result, the immune system loses its ability to effectively target tumor cells. The immune system is made up of two…

Our body is made up of millions of cells that coordinate daily function. They are constantly working to maintain activity and keep us healthy. Cells activate, proliferate, and conduct specialized…

As a grad student in biological engineering at MIT, Jake Becraft had an idea that could change the way we treat cancer: What if genes could be turned on and off like…

Professor Bryan Fry from UQ’s School of the Environment said revealing exactly how skinks dodge…

What role does cannabis play in longevity and aging? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Cannabis Research hopes to address as a team of industry researchers from the United Kingdom…

A Lancet paper published in July evaluates data to…

The human body has to protect itself from pathogens and infectious agents, and there are a variety of ways for the immune system to sense foreign invaders, and react to the threats they may pose. But the body…

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the Administration’s latest demands on drug pricing, a biotech entrepreneur treating a rare genetic disease, new technology aimed at ending drug testing on animals and more. To get it in your…