BioSolutions

Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how HIV spreads through the human body after filming the process for the first...

With his 500-plus patents, Robert Langer, Jr. surely has dibs on the title of MIT’s Mr. Wizard. This talk, which concludes...

The bacterial flagellum is made up of the protein flagellin. Its shape is a 20 nanometer-thick hollow tube. It is helical...

Cynthia A. Lemere, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Neuroscientist at Brigham & Women’s Hospital...

Congestive heart failure, is a life-threatening condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of...

Intravenous medication is given in the way catheter inserted in the veins. IV catheter is placed in peripheral or central circulation....

This sound information, now re-encoded, travels down the vestibulocochlear nerve, through intermediate stations such as the cochlear nuclei and superior olivary...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI), is primarily a medical imaging technique most commonly used in radiology...

The sciatic nerve (also known as the ischiatic nerve) is a large nerve that starts in the lower back and runs...

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This 3D medical animation shows the birth stations of presentation using the -5 to +5 positions. From an anterior (front) view,...

Fundoplication is a surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatus hernia. In GERD it is usually performed when...

Shoulder dystocia is a specific case of dystocia whereby after the delivery of the head, the anterior shoulder of the infant...

The retina is the light-sensitive layer of tissue that lines the inside of the eye and sends visual messages through the...

Immunotherapy, refers to an array of treatment strategies based upon the concept of modulating the immune system to achieve a prophylactic...

Genetics research is key to understanding the effects of aging and age-related diseases. How do stem cells change as we grow...

Spindle apparatus (also called spindle fibers) is the structure that separates the chromosomes into the daughter cells during cell division. It...

The prostate is the gland below a man's bladder that produces fluid for semen. Prostate cancer is the third most common...

Macrophage phagocytosis of micro-organisms is important in host immunity and activated macrophages kill ingested pathogens by production of reactive oxygen and...

What is Overactive Bladder? Overactive bladder (OAB) is a condition characterized by a sudden, uncomfortable need to urinate with or without...

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A discussion of some of the computational problems in haplotype analysis and association mapping, as well as our own progress in...

Neutrophil granulocytes, generally referred to as neutrophils, are the most abundant type of white blood cells in humans and form an...

Proteolytic Enzymes are a group of enzymes that break the long chainlike molecules of proteins into shorter fragments (peptides) and eventually...

Neuroimaging includes the use of various techniques to either directly or indirectly image the structure, function/pharmacology of the brain. It is...

Bruce Reed, the Associate Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at UC Davis presents a comprehensive update on Alzhemier's Disease....

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Dropped nucleus - defined as loss of a part or the whole lens nucleus to the vitreous cavity -is an unusual...

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A Caesarean section , also known as C-section or Caesar, is a surgical procedure in which incisions are made through a...

The osteon, or Haversian system, is the fundamental functional unit of compact bone. Osteons are present in many of the bones...

Clinical differentiation of neurodegenerative diseases that produce dementia is imprecise. Neuropathology offers the only way to make a definite diagnosis. The...

Almost every American takes a drug every day; many take three or more. This series presented by the UCSF Osher Lifelong...

Pseudomonas is a genus of gamma proteobacteria, belonging to the larger family of pseudomonads.Pseudomonas infection refers to a disease caused by...

Adult Stem Cell Results & Embryonic Stem Cell Ethics Video ...

Most drugs act at cellular level by binding to receptor surface of cell membrane or inside cells, the cell membrane contains...

Histone deacetylases (HDAC) are a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups from an ε-N-acetyl lysine amino acid on a histone....

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Co-codamol (BAN) is a non-proprietary name used to denote a compound analgesic, a combination of codeine phosphate and paracetamol (acetaminophen). Co-codamol...

A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to a disturbance in the blood supply to the brain....

Radial keratotomy (RK) is a refractive surgical procedure to correct myopia.In radial keratotomy (RK), incisions are made with a precision calibrated...

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Memory is an organism's mental ability to store, retain and recall information. Traditional studies of memory began in the fields of...

Carlos A. Pardo,MD, discusses the hypothesis suggesting that the immune system may in some way play a role in triggering the...

Drug metabolism is the metabolism of drugs, their biochemical modification or degradation, usually through specialized enzymatic systems. This is a form...

Dr. Weinberger received his BA from Johns Hopkins University and MD from the University of Pennsylvania. After medical internship at UCLA-Harbor...

Bleomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces verticillus. Bleomycin refers to a family of structurally related compounds. When...

Nucleotide excision repair is a DNA repair mechanism. DNA constantly requires repair due to damage that can occur to bases from...