David Niesel

You know the routine well. At your yearly physical, the doctor orders a number of blood tests. There is a metabolic panel, one for cholesterol and sometimes a few others.

“Open the pod bay door, HAL” and “I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that” are famous lines from one of my favorite sci-fi films from my youth, 2001: A Space

Have you ever considered how many people experience hearing loss? In the United States alone, nearly 15 percent of the adult population, almost 50 million people, are affected by hearing

Climate change is undoubtedly high on every list of controversial subjects. Despite extensive evidence to support it, climate change has become a major political issue with deniers and advocates each

Amphibians are animals that we rarely see or hear about. They are distinctive in that they spend time living both in the water and on land. They aren’t usually newsworthy-

Seventy years ago, the most significant work in modern biology was published: the structure of DNA. At that time, we were beginning to understand the nature of genes and most

Tuberculosis (TB) has plagued humans for millennia and it remains a leading cause of illness and death throughout the world. Although a TB vaccine has been available for about 100

If you ever doubted how valuable AI could be in developing new drugs, listen to this story. It is a game-changer! Since antibiotics were developed in the 1940s, they have

It is devastating for parents of a newborn to learn that their child has a genetic disorder. At least the parents of one such child, Gideon Griffiths, a 5-year-old from

Chikungunya or CHIKV is a disease that is surging in South America, and even Texas and Florida. This is just one example of an infectious disease that is spreading and