Inside Life Science
This series brings you inside the science of health. Each story shows how basic biomedical research—from the history of a field to the people doing cutting-edge work today—lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Through explorations of how the body works and highlights from recent studies, you’ll discover even more on what scientists have found and are finding about fundamental life processes. NIGMS supported all of the featured research.
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Armpits, Belly Buttons and Chronic Wounds: The ABCs of Our Body Bacteria
Understanding how and why bacteria colonize particular places on the body could point to ways of treating skin and other conditions.
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Five Foul Things That Are Also Good for You
Usually, we think of mold, feces, nitric oxide, hydrogen sulfide and rat poison as rank, toxic or both. But scientists are learning more about the helpful roles these substances can play.
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Researchers are developing new reactions that make the chemical processes used to manufacture medicines, plastics and other products cleaner, faster and cheaper.
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Research in Action
Want to read about more cool research? Check out these cool images from NIGMS that have been featured in the National Science Foundation's "Research in Action" series published on LiveScience.
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