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Food-Borne Diseases: An Overview

In this article, we discuss the nature of diseases caused by food contamination, its impact on health, and foods most associated with food-borne diseases.

14 May 2021

How does Food get Contaminated?

In this article, we discuss the nature of food contamination, the substances that contaminate food, and the four main routes contributing to food contamination.

14 May 2021

A Guide to Food Safety at Home

Each year, around 420,000 million people die unnecessarily after contracting food-borne diseases from contaminated food.

14 May 2021

Targeting Cancer Cells using HSP90 Inhibitors

There are multiple forms of cancer treatments available to us today, the most common being cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery.

13 May 2021

Wellbeing in an Era of Global Change: The Implications of Ocean Acidification on Food Production and How it Links to Human Wellbeing

As the global population continues to grow, many emerging issues are challenging human development around the world.

13 May 2021

An Introduction to Developmental Immunology

Developmental immunology is devoted to gaining an understanding of the factors that are responsible for the development of the human immune system.

12 May 2021

Allergies and the Immune System

Allergies are a result of the immune system's hypersensitivity to compounds that are typically risk-free to the general populace.

11 May 2021

Importance of Biotechnology in Agriculture

The recent acceleration of technological innovations in biology has offered insights that are being increasingly implemented to address agricultural challenges.

11 May 2021

Using Plants to Detect Explosives

Plants can be used as bioremediatory agents to process harmful explosive materials as well as sentinels for the detection of explosive materials.

30 Apr 2021

What is Herd Immunity?

When a majority of the population is vaccinated or develops immunity from a previous infection, the transmission of the infectious pathogen is prevented.

29 Apr 2021

Recent Advancements in Cell Biology

Some of the recent advancements in the cell biology field that will be discussed in this article include possible new treatments for Sickle Cell Disease and COVID-19.

29 Apr 2021

Chemistry of Food Additives and Preservatives

The practice of preserving foods and improving their properties has been known for millennia.

29 Apr 2021

Cell Biology and Toxicology

This article will discuss the link between cell biology and toxicology, and how the two are essential fields of study in the understanding of diseases.

27 Apr 2021

The Remedial Effects of Pu-erh Tea on Oxidative Damage Brought on by Chronic Alcohol Consumption

Today’s polls estimate that illness associated with oxidative liver damage, and chronic alcohol consumption constitute 5.9% of all deaths in our globe.

27 Apr 2021

Experimental Design of SIFT-MS (Slow Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectroscopy)

Slow Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) has been available for decades now, and we have been taking advantage of its chemistry ever since.

27 Apr 2021

The Future of Forensic DNA Analysis

Since the inception of forensic DNA analysis in the 1980s, the processes surrounding the criminal justice system have been revolutionized.

23 Apr 2021

The Future of Epigenetics

Epigenetics is the study of changes in gene expression that can result in a differing phenotype without changing the DNA sequence of the genome.

23 Apr 2021

Recent Developments in CRISPR Technology

CRISPR technology has quickly become a staple research method in the life sciences, allowing the genome of living organisms to be modified.

23 Apr 2021

Using DNA in Biodiversity Conservation

The aim of biodiversity conservation is the preservation of all plant and animal species, and their habitats and ecosystems.

21 Apr 2021

History of DNA

DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Friedrich Miescher who was studying the composition of white blood cells when he isolated a molecule he termed nuclein: DNA.

21 Apr 2021