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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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SEP 21, 2016Microbiology
I like eggs - scrambled, fried, poached, you name it. What I don’t like is Salmonella. A new study from Pennsylvan ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 20, 2016Immunology
Norovirus is the most common viral cause of diarrhea worldwide, but because of an inability to grow it in a lab, scienti ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)SEP 19, 2016Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to drugs are an ever-increasing public health threat, with the Centers for Disease Control a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2016Immunology
Treatment options for autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) are complicated, because inhibiting the immune sy ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 16, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—September 16, 2016—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potent ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 14, 2016Immunology
From the first scientist to ever discover broadly neutralizing antibodies, a new candidate for protection from influenza ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2016Videos
Many times you don't even stop to think about it, but the food being stored in your freezer is at risk of carrying a typ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 05, 2016Immunology
A new study from Umea University in Sweden provides yet another reason for people to refrain from smoking. They found th ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 31, 2016Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2016Microbiology
As research on the microbiome intensifies, new links between the microbial community the gastrointestinal tract and heal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2016Videos
The common cold comes from rhinoviruses and four main subgroups of coronavirus. Researchers have now identified the sour ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2016Microbiology
By modeling microsporidia infection in roundworms, scientists have determined that the single-celled fungi replicate by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2016Microbiology
Honey bee viruses. It’s safe to say that’s the first time I’ve strung those three words together. Hone ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 19, 2016Immunology
Sometimes the immune system can react too strongly to influenza infections and cause lethal complications of pneumonia. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is inching its way into US territory. The past two weeks marked the first instance of local Zika transmission in th ...AUG 02, 2016Microbiology
A new report in the Journal of Fish Diseases has raised questions about the husbandry of zebrafish in laboratories every ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 2, 2016 – A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), rev ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos ...JUL 21, 2016Microbiology
Publishing in eLife, researchers at Stanford University have begun to reveal the extent of the influence viruses have ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As the summer heats up, health experts are now tackling a new mystery associated with the ill-famed Zika virus. Health a ...JUL 18, 2016Microbiology
Researchers led by Olve Peersen, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State U ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2016Immunology
"This study makes it clear that resveratrol does cause the immune systems of dogs to change, but the changes it cau ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a new study, ominously titled “The Lick of Death,” doctors report friendly licks from her beloved Italian ...
SEP 21, 2016
Microbiology
I like eggs - scrambled, fried, poached, you name it. What I don’t like is Salmonella. A new study from Pennsylvan
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 20, 2016
Immunology
Norovirus is the most common viral cause of diarrhea worldwide, but because of an inability to grow it in a lab, scienti
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 19, 2016
Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to drugs are an ever-increasing public health threat, with the Centers for Disease Control a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2016
Immunology
Treatment options for autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) are complicated, because inhibiting the immune sy
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 16, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—September 16, 2016—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potent
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 14, 2016
Immunology
From the first scientist to ever discover broadly neutralizing antibodies, a new candidate for protection from influenza
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2016
Videos
Many times you don't even stop to think about it, but the food being stored in your freezer is at risk of carrying a typ
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 05, 2016
Immunology
A new study from Umea University in Sweden provides yet another reason for people to refrain from smoking. They found th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2016
Microbiology
As research on the microbiome intensifies, new links between the microbial community the gastrointestinal tract and heal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2016
Videos
The common cold comes from rhinoviruses and four main subgroups of coronavirus. Researchers have now identified the sour
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2016
Microbiology
By modeling microsporidia infection in roundworms, scientists have determined that the single-celled fungi replicate by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2016
Microbiology
Honey bee viruses. It’s safe to say that’s the first time I’ve strung those three words together. Hone
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 19, 2016
Immunology
Sometimes the immune system can react too strongly to influenza infections and cause lethal complications of pneumonia.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is inching its way into US territory. The past two weeks marked the first instance of local Zika transmission in th
...
AUG 02, 2016
Microbiology
A new report in the Journal of Fish Diseases has raised questions about the husbandry of zebrafish in laboratories every
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 2, 2016 – A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), rev
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos
...
JUL 21, 2016
Microbiology
Publishing in eLife, researchers at Stanford University have begun to reveal the extent of the influence viruses have ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As the summer heats up, health experts are now tackling a new mystery associated with the ill-famed Zika virus. Health a
...
JUL 18, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers led by Olve Peersen, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State U
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2016
Immunology
"This study makes it clear that resveratrol does cause the immune systems of dogs to change, but the changes it cau
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a new study, ominously titled “The Lick of Death,” doctors report friendly licks from her beloved Italian
...