CURRENT RESEARCH

     For centuries, it was philosophers who shaped our early understanding of what it meant to have a consciousness — to consider yourself as separate from your environment. By the end of the 18th century, this...

Chronic lower respiratory disease, which encompasses conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and asthma, ranks just behind heart disease and cancer as the leading cause of death in the U...

     Currently more than the one-third of the world’s population is either obese or overweight. Obesity has rapidly become one of the largest global epidemics as it puts the individual at high risk for many lif...

Imagine living a life you couldn’t remember. Experience would be held hostage to the moment; constantly disappearing and reappearing as a new scene. The knowable world would stretch no farther than your percept...

       Most everyone knows about proteins, that product loved by bodybuilders and steak lovers alike. But how are they made? Ribosomes are the tiny factories responsible for churning out each and every protein ...

In any given year, just over five million Americans are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  This mental abnormality is caused by exposure to a severe or traumatic event.  Most trauma-exposed ...

Despite the remarkable strides of modern medicine, many illnesses remain inevitable death sentences upon diagnosis. Even worse, any hope of survival or prolonged longevity means painful, invasive procedures tha...