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Animal infections occur when an agent invades a host animal's tissues where it replicates and releases toxins causing disease. Some animal infections, known as zoonotic diseases, can be transferred to humans.
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SEP 03, 2018Plants & Animals
In response to a severe African swine fever outbreak in China, the country’s agriculture ministry elected to cull ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2018Microbiology
In August, the World Health Organization declared that an Ebola outbreak was happening in the DRC.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2018Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies don’t take too kindly to the colder Winter months. The insects naturally avoid the cold by mig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2018Videos
It sounds like a horror movie. At night, while people are peacefully sleeping, a tiny bug crawls over their face, takes ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 27, 2018Microbiology
If you've seen a headline about norovirus on a cruise ship, you know some viruses are known for their ability to spread ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists in Israel suggests that when a specific species of phytoplankton called Emiliania huxleyi i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 14, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Drugs used for cancer treatments may now help plants fight diseases. A study conducted at Washington State University (W ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 13, 2018Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently happened upon a distres ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2018Immunology
Subclinical infections may alter the immune system and gut microbiota in the human host impacting how we respond to envi ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsAUG 13, 2018Microbiology
The human genome isn't only genes. There's also long, repetitive sequences with an unknown function and origin.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Not all fat is the same. Brown fat is thought to be fat healthier than white fat.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2018Microbiology
It seems that when people are infected with CMV but don't have any obvious symptoms, there may still be effects.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2018Microbiology
We now know of the importance of the microbiome, but most of the research focus has been on bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2018Microbiology
The CDC says don't give your dog up; this is thought to be a very rare case.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2018Plants & Animals
In a rather heartbreaking turn of events, an eight-week-old giraffe named Penny from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2018Microbiology
The Staphylococcus aureus bacterium can cause devastating illnesses - called staph infections - and lead to organ failur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2018Immunology
The antibody IgM is shown to be provide protection against HIV infection in rhesus monkeys up to 82 days past exposure t ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 24, 2018Microbiology
Researchers at the CDC are trying to learn more about a rash of Salmonella infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2018Microbiology
For many years, scientists have been trying to learn more about the causes of autism.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2018Health & Medicine
Every summer the concern about tick-borne diseases runs high. Lyme disease, which is carried by ticks, is quickly becomi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 17, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
TPOXX (tecovirimat), the first drug with an indication for treatment of smallpox, was just approved by the U.S. Food and ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 15, 2018Immunology
The enzyme, PI3Kγ, regulates the immune response to T. cruzi, the cause of Chagas Disease. Manipulation of this enzyme m ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 07, 2018Microbiology
Many pathogens are becoming antibiotic resistant; the microbe that causes the STD gonorrhea is no different.Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2018
Plants & Animals
In response to a severe African swine fever outbreak in China, the country’s agriculture ministry elected to cull
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2018
Microbiology
In August, the World Health Organization declared that an Ebola outbreak was happening in the DRC.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies don’t take too kindly to the colder Winter months. The insects naturally avoid the cold by mig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2018
Videos
It sounds like a horror movie. At night, while people are peacefully sleeping, a tiny bug crawls over their face, takes
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 27, 2018
Microbiology
If you've seen a headline about norovirus on a cruise ship, you know some viruses are known for their ability to spread
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists in Israel suggests that when a specific species of phytoplankton called Emiliania huxleyi i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 14, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Drugs used for cancer treatments may now help plants fight diseases. A study conducted at Washington State University (W
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 13, 2018
Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently happened upon a distres
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2018
Immunology
Subclinical infections may alter the immune system and gut microbiota in the human host impacting how we respond to envi
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
AUG 13, 2018
Microbiology
The human genome isn't only genes. There's also long, repetitive sequences with an unknown function and origin.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Not all fat is the same. Brown fat is thought to be fat healthier than white fat.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2018
Microbiology
It seems that when people are infected with CMV but don't have any obvious symptoms, there may still be effects.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2018
Microbiology
We now know of the importance of the microbiome, but most of the research focus has been on bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2018
Microbiology
The CDC says don't give your dog up; this is thought to be a very rare case.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2018
Plants & Animals
In a rather heartbreaking turn of events, an eight-week-old giraffe named Penny from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2018
Microbiology
The Staphylococcus aureus bacterium can cause devastating illnesses - called staph infections - and lead to organ failur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2018
Immunology
The antibody IgM is shown to be provide protection against HIV infection in rhesus monkeys up to 82 days past exposure t
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 24, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers at the CDC are trying to learn more about a rash of Salmonella infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2018
Microbiology
For many years, scientists have been trying to learn more about the causes of autism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2018
Health & Medicine
Every summer the concern about tick-borne diseases runs high. Lyme disease, which is carried by ticks, is quickly becomi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 17, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
TPOXX (tecovirimat), the first drug with an indication for treatment of smallpox, was just approved by the U.S. Food and
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 15, 2018
Immunology
The enzyme, PI3Kγ, regulates the immune response to T. cruzi, the cause of Chagas Disease. Manipulation of this enzyme m
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 07, 2018
Microbiology
Many pathogens are becoming antibiotic resistant; the microbe that causes the STD gonorrhea is no different.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch