Human Biology Articles

• Technology
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  Mobile phone radiation and health

  Mobile phone radiation and health concerns have been raised following the enormous increase in the use of wireless mobile telephony throughout the world (as of August 2005, there were more than 2 ... > more
• HIV and AIDS
  Infectious Diseases
  STD
  Pharmacology
  Diseases and Conditions
  Sexual Health
   

  Antiretroviral drug

  Antiretroviral drugs are medications for the treatment of infection by retroviruses, primarily HIV. Different classes of antiretroviral drugs act at different stages of the HIV life cycle. ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Skin Care
  Sports Medicine
  Viruses
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   
  

  Plantar wart

  Plantar warts are warts caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). They are small lesions that appear on the sole of the foot and are typically cauliflower-like in appearance. They may have small ... > more
• Pests and Parasites
  Microbiology
  Nature
  Healthy Aging
  Ecology Research
  Fungus
   

  Parasitism

  A parasite is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life in or on the living tissue of a host organism and which causes harm to the host without immediately killing it. Parasites also ... > more
• Nervous System
  Fibromyalgia
  Life Sciences
  Neuropathy
  Molecular Biology
  Biology
   

  Motor neuron

  In vertebrates, motor neurons (also called motoneurons) are efferent neurons that originate in the spinal cord and synapse with muscle fibers to facilitate muscle contraction and with muscle spindles ... > more
• Lyme Disease
  Joint Pain
  Chronic Illness
  Pain Control
  Diseases and Conditions
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Lyme disease

  Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis is an infectious tick-borne disease, caused by the Borrelia spirochete, a gram-negative microorganism. Lyme disease is named after a cluster of cases that occurred in ... > more
• Genetically Modified
  Agriculture and Food
  Food
  Nutrition
  Biotechnology
  Staying Healthy
   
  

  Genetically modified food

  A genetically modified food is a food product derived in whole or part from a genetically modified organism (GMO) such as a crop plant, animal or microbe such as yeast. Genetically modified foods ... > more
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Fertility
  Mating and Breeding
  Healthy Aging
  Developmental Biology
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Fertilisation

  Fertilisation, also spelt fertilization (also known as conception, fecundation and syngamy), is fusion of gametes to form a new organism of the same species. In animals, the process involves a sperm ... > more
• Genetics
  Stem Cells
  Cloning
  Developmental Biology
  Biology
  Molecular Biology
   

  Somatic cell

  A somatic cell is generally taken to mean any cell forming the body of an organism. Somatic cells, by definition, are not germline cells. In mammals, germline cells are the sperm and ova (also known ... > more
• Bacteria
  Microbiology
  Microbes and More
  Extreme Survival
  Infectious Diseases
  Dentistry
   
  

  Bacteria

  Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. Most are microscopic and unicellular, with a relatively simple cell structure lacking a cell nucleus, and organelles such as ... > more

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