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Animal infection
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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JUN 14, 2017Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 13, 2017Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 13, 2017Plants & Animals
If you were to visit certain parts of Texas right now, the coastline would be teeming with dead, floating fish. Image Cr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 12, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are taking a new approach in the fight against the flu. They have engineered a protein that acts to stop the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Women: Please don’t put wasp nests in your vagina! It sounds so obvious and self-explanatory that such a headline ...JUN 04, 2017Microbiology
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
There are a number of questions that remain about how long-term space travel affects the human body. One of the most cri ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 26, 2017Microbiology
Xanthomonas citri subsp. Malvacearum (Xcm) causes bacterial blight in cotton. The disease was rampant in the US during t ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 24, 2017Microbiology
Malaria is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The parasite enters red blood cells, eventually causi ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 22, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New lung organoids open up new research possibilities for the study of human disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2017Microbiology
Enterococci, so-called superbugs that plague hospitals, have been around since terrestrial life began.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2017Cancer
Zika was a relatively an unknown name in the Americas until around 2015 when the outbreak in Brazil caught the world&rsq ...MAY 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
Climate change is frightening on a lot of levels. Extreme weather, rising seas, displacement, extinction of species &nda ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 26, 2017Plants & Animals
Premature births are somewhat of a problem, not just for humans, but also for animals. The main issue with premature bir ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 24, 2017Health & Medicine
Gut bacteria could influence whether or not babies survive infections of the digestive system, new research with mice su ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Even though this year’s peak flu season can be considered to have passed, people can contract the virus well into ...APR 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have animated an important transporter that moves natural molecules and drug compounds into the cell.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2017Immunology
How did our ancient ancestors wipe out a primordial virus 11 million years ago? Could modern humans harness this techniq ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 14, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Maryland figured out why some Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections become invasive, while o ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 14, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Initial Demonstrations Yield Compounds with Promise for Treating COPD, Cystic Fibrosis and Other Lung Disorders Co-autho ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)APR 13, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
As the world’s largest living, lizard, Komodo dragons are by nature already wicked cool creatures. And yet, if pos ...APR 12, 2017Microbiology
I just got a postcard in the mail from my veterinarian. They say it’s time for my dog to get her rabies vaccinatio ...Written By: Kerry Evans
JUN 14, 2017
Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 13, 2017
Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you were to visit certain parts of Texas right now, the coastline would be teeming with dead, floating fish. Image Cr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are taking a new approach in the fight against the flu. They have engineered a protein that acts to stop the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Women: Please don’t put wasp nests in your vagina! It sounds so obvious and self-explanatory that such a headline
...
JUN 04, 2017
Microbiology
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There are a number of questions that remain about how long-term space travel affects the human body. One of the most cri
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 26, 2017
Microbiology
Xanthomonas citri subsp. Malvacearum (Xcm) causes bacterial blight in cotton. The disease was rampant in the US during t
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 24, 2017
Microbiology
Malaria is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The parasite enters red blood cells, eventually causi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 22, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New lung organoids open up new research possibilities for the study of human disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2017
Microbiology
Enterococci, so-called superbugs that plague hospitals, have been around since terrestrial life began.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2017
Cancer
Zika was a relatively an unknown name in the Americas until around 2015 when the outbreak in Brazil caught the world&rsq
...
MAY 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is frightening on a lot of levels. Extreme weather, rising seas, displacement, extinction of species &nda
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
Premature births are somewhat of a problem, not just for humans, but also for animals. The main issue with premature bir
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
Gut bacteria could influence whether or not babies survive infections of the digestive system, new research with mice su
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Even though this year’s peak flu season can be considered to have passed, people can contract the virus well into
...
APR 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have animated an important transporter that moves natural molecules and drug compounds into the cell.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2017
Immunology
How did our ancient ancestors wipe out a primordial virus 11 million years ago? Could modern humans harness this techniq
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 14, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Maryland figured out why some Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections become invasive, while o
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 14, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Initial Demonstrations Yield Compounds with Promise for Treating COPD, Cystic Fibrosis and Other Lung Disorders Co-autho
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
APR 13, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
As the world’s largest living, lizard, Komodo dragons are by nature already wicked cool creatures. And yet, if pos
...
APR 12, 2017
Microbiology
I just got a postcard in the mail from my veterinarian. They say it’s time for my dog to get her rabies vaccinatio
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans