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Bacteria: is a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
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OCT 13, 2017Immunology
An “explosive” form of cell death, called pyroptosis, is part of the normal immune response to the toxins re ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 13, 2017Microbiology
New research shows that taking a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) for acid reflux alters your gut microbiome to promote liver ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 11, 2017Microbiology
Sour beer has been around for a long time (don’t tell the hipster craft brewers), but I took my first taste test o ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 10, 2017Plants & Animals
At least 100 hippopotamuses are dead in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park as of last week, and animal experts and v ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 09, 2017Videos
Pimples can be annoying, and they like to appear in the most inconvenient places. At times, your first reaction might be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 08, 2017Videos
The following video from the Centers for Disease Control is about sepsis; what it is and how to prevent it. It affects p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2017Videos
In 2014, a woman in Taiwan lost her eyesight completely due to a parasitic infection caused by leaving in her contacts f ...OCT 08, 2017Microbiology
Bacteria live on and in us and have been found to exert a major influence on our health. Researchers want to know about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2017Microbiology
An international team of researchers has solved a long-standing microbial mystery; the knowledge may help fight antibiot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2017Microbiology
Statins are widely used to help treat cardiovascular disease - they work by inhibiting the production of cholesterol. Ne ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 04, 2017Immunology
The immune response needs to be just right: not too much, or an autoimmune disease will develop; not too little, or viru ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 04, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Hurricane Harvey may have already come and gone, but its destruction is still ever-present. The latest victim of this di ...OCT 03, 2017Videos
Even if you don't let a dog kiss you, you probably know of someone who does. How could anyone resist those sweet puppy k ...OCT 02, 2017Earth & The Environment
We know that fracking isn’t great for the environment. Of course, the geologic impacts of literally drilling into ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 01, 2017Microbiology
Research has found a backup plan that cells use when the immune response is being evaded by pathogenic bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2017Videos
Bacteria were first reported on September 17, 1683, by Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who had observed single- ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in DNA can have a variety of harmful effects, but sometimes a mutation can confer a benefit.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2017Videos
Researchers have developed a way to infuse plants with special functions without the use of genetic engineering. This co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2017Videos
It's happened to all of us - a housefly finds itself around the dinner table, and for a fraction of a second, it lands o ...SEP 28, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Credit: forplayday/thinkstock From the discoveries of Earth-like exoplanets to finding water in every corner of our sola ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 26, 2017Microbiology
Humans share a close relationship with bacteria. New work has suggested our nervous system helps shape the bacterial pop ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 25, 2017Neuroscience
At present, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that 1 in 68 children will be diagnosed with an autism spectr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 24, 2017Videos
Food safety is no joke and those who ignore it do so at their peril. This lecture from the American Society for Microbio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2017Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2017
Immunology
An “explosive” form of cell death, called pyroptosis, is part of the normal immune response to the toxins re
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 13, 2017
Microbiology
New research shows that taking a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) for acid reflux alters your gut microbiome to promote liver
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 11, 2017
Microbiology
Sour beer has been around for a long time (don’t tell the hipster craft brewers), but I took my first taste test o
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
At least 100 hippopotamuses are dead in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park as of last week, and animal experts and v
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 09, 2017
Videos
Pimples can be annoying, and they like to appear in the most inconvenient places. At times, your first reaction might be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 08, 2017
Videos
The following video from the Centers for Disease Control is about sepsis; what it is and how to prevent it. It affects p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2017
Videos
In 2014, a woman in Taiwan lost her eyesight completely due to a parasitic infection caused by leaving in her contacts f
...
OCT 08, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteria live on and in us and have been found to exert a major influence on our health. Researchers want to know about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2017
Microbiology
An international team of researchers has solved a long-standing microbial mystery; the knowledge may help fight antibiot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2017
Microbiology
Statins are widely used to help treat cardiovascular disease - they work by inhibiting the production of cholesterol. Ne
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 04, 2017
Immunology
The immune response needs to be just right: not too much, or an autoimmune disease will develop; not too little, or viru
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 04, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Hurricane Harvey may have already come and gone, but its destruction is still ever-present. The latest victim of this di
...
OCT 03, 2017
Videos
Even if you don't let a dog kiss you, you probably know of someone who does. How could anyone resist those sweet puppy k
...
OCT 02, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We know that fracking isn’t great for the environment. Of course, the geologic impacts of literally drilling into
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 01, 2017
Microbiology
Research has found a backup plan that cells use when the immune response is being evaded by pathogenic bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2017
Videos
Bacteria were first reported on September 17, 1683, by Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who had observed single-
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in DNA can have a variety of harmful effects, but sometimes a mutation can confer a benefit.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2017
Videos
Researchers have developed a way to infuse plants with special functions without the use of genetic engineering. This co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2017
Videos
It's happened to all of us - a housefly finds itself around the dinner table, and for a fraction of a second, it lands o
...
SEP 28, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Credit: forplayday/thinkstock From the discoveries of Earth-like exoplanets to finding water in every corner of our sola
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 26, 2017
Microbiology
Humans share a close relationship with bacteria. New work has suggested our nervous system helps shape the bacterial pop
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2017
Neuroscience
At present, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that 1 in 68 children will be diagnosed with an autism spectr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 24, 2017
Videos
Food safety is no joke and those who ignore it do so at their peril. This lecture from the American Society for Microbio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2017
Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch