Children who grow up malnourished lag behind healthy kids in terms of their height and weight. But a new study finds that they also fall …
Category: Microbiology
Microbes in your mouth could be a distinguishing characteristic
Oral hygiene still matters (keep your floss handy), but did you know that your mouth's microbial signature may also play a role in your dental …
Could "breathprints" one day be used to diagnose disease?
Your "breathprint," the chemical composition of each exhale, may hold potential as a new medical diagnostic tool, according to research recently published in PLOS ONE. …
Touring the microscopic worlds of the human body
Scientific illustrator Dee Breger specializes in creating images using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), which has an incredible level of magnification. In this recently posted …
Exploring the role of extracellular RNA communication in human disease
DNA may be the main building blocks of the body, but researches are starting to discover that RNA, which transports genetic information within a specific …
How food may influence our cells and overall health
Here's something to contemplate post lunch: In addition to delivering carbohydrates, fats and proteins to your body, the food you gobbled down midday contains nutrients …
President Obama awards National Medal of Science to Stanford’s Lucy Shapiro
Today, President Barack Obama presented 23 innovators and researchers, including Stanford developmental biologist Lucy Shapiro, PhD, with national medals for their contributions to science, technology …
Stanford’s Lucy Shapiro receives National Medal of Science
It's a big week for developmental biologist Lucy Shapiro, PhD. On Friday, she will be awarded the National Medal of Science - an honor often referred …
Exploring the microbes that inhabit our bodies
We've written previously about how researchers at Stanford and elsewhere are working to determine how microscopic ecosystems that exist in and on the human body may impact personal health. …
Naval gazing: Belly Button Biodiversity project identifies thousands of bacteria species
For many of us, questions about our belly buttons rarely go beyond: Innie or outie? But a team of North Carolina-based researchers is looking past …
Researchers identify potential drug target in ulcer bug that infects half the world's population
Scientists have used powerful X-rays at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford to reveal a potential way to combat the common stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori. …
How to hack a cell: Protein bubbles
In this amazing video, Tom Kirchhausen, PhD, a Harvard Medical School professor of cell biology, shows how tiny protein-bubbles form to carry cargo, such as …
Examining the role internal fungi play in our health
As we've reported previously on Scope, cutting-edge techniques and cost-effective methods of rapidly sequencing entire genomes of bacteria and viruses are helping researchers better understand …
Cultivating the human microbiome
In a sense, our body is not our own. Microbes living in and around us outnumber our own human cells ten to one. A review …
Contemplating how our human microbiome influences personal health
As previously reported on Scope, researchers at Stanford and elsewhere are engaged in ongoing efforts to determine how microscopic ecosystems that exist in the human …
Tiny wonders: Small World in Motion competition winners bring microscopic activity to life
Yesterday, Nikon Instruments announced the winners of its inaugural Small World in Motion Photomicrography Competition. From a selection of more than 200 submissions, judges deemed …