How do scientists study diseases?

Diseases are studied by different specialists under many different points of view, by many "branches" of science: Biochemistry, microbiology (in the case of infectious diseases), epidemiology, statistics, pathology, physiology, pharmacology, genetics... And, of course, from the point of view of clinical description and analysis. read more

Researching Disease After all, they’re some of the most dangerous, deadly diseases around. On today’s A Moment of Science, we’re looking at a less expected link among these types of disease: the risk that’s involved in researching them. read more