Blog Topic: Medicine
Beta Late Than Never: Delaying Diabetes with Teplizumab
In this blog, we explore the clinical significance of teplizumab for type 1 diabetes.
- Sep 08, 2025
- 3 min read
- Janielle Cuala
Zombie Viruses That Come Back From the Dead
This blog discusses viruses like herpes simplex and hepatitis B, that like a zombie return once you think they have been defeated.
- Oct 28, 2022
- 3 min read
- Bio-Rad
Mucins: the Snot so Glamorous Future of Medicine?
In this guest blog, Katie Lowles discusses mucins, proteins that form protective mucous barriers in epithelial cells, and recent research highlighting the therapeutic potential of mucins.
- Mar 17, 2022
- 4 min read
- Katie Lowles, PhD
Can COVID-19 Trigger New-Onset Diabetes?
In this guest blog, Janielle Cuala, tells us about an interesting link between COVID-19 and new-onset diabetes and the research her lab is doing in this area.
- Mar 10, 2021
- 5 min read
- Janielle Cuala
The possible autoimmune nature of Parkinson’s disease
Discover new studies describing the auto-immune mechanism associated with the development of Parkinson's Disease.
- Jul 20, 2017
- 2 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Rats — An ideal animal model of human disease
Discover the features of rats that make them ideal animal models for scientific research and new discoveries generated using transgenic rat models.
- Jun 21, 2017
- 3 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Killer bugs among us - the kissing bug and the Asian giant hornet
While insects are not the deadliest animals they can significantly impact human health. Learn about the killer bug and Asian giant hornet.
- Nov 07, 2016
- 2 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Does the Ebola virus ever really go away?
This blog post provides an update on the current Ebola epidemic, citing evidence that the virus can linger in immune privileged sites inside the body.
- Nov 18, 2015
- 3 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Are you likely to develop Alzheimer’s from grilled food?
This blog post describes how your choice of cooking method may increase your risk for developing a range of diseases, including Alzheimer's
- Oct 09, 2015
- 4 min read
- Bio-Rad